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Bow direction is on left side of photo as if boat was headed into the garage. Straight edge is the trailing edge or aft edge. Of course if you had one of the newer plastic race daggerboards the opposite would be true.
Unfortunately that board you have is the "shadow" board, so-called because it is a shadow of how big a Sunish board should be. AMF felt the Minifish needed a smaller board, so they changed Sunfish boards to the same design as the Minifish. Your boat will point quite a bit worse than just with a standard wood Sunfish board of either the round bottom or Barrington (angular bottom) varieties. They only made shadow boards for a couple years til realizing the problem and switching to the Barrington shape. BB
Your boat will point quite a bit worse than just with a standard wood Sunfish board of either the round bottom or Barrington (angular bottom) varieties. BB
So should I be saving for a newer style board? Maybe even a racing board? While I join the local club races from time to time, I claim to be a recreational sailor. I get annoyed when I run downwind then it takes me forever to get back home up wind. Is there a significant enough difference between old style and new to get me up wind with fewer tacks? ......I'm sure sail quality, not to mention skill factor are significant factors as well. But if a 'good' daggerboard is significant, I would start with that.
no-way...is'at true? i've been using my board backwards for 18years?
See http://sailingforums.com/threads/im...eational-use-with-a-ps-on-daggerboards.26816/While you're all talking about the daggerboards, would someone explain the difference between FRP , GRP and Other (Balsa Wood filled plastic) daggerboards. I mean difference in construction, materials, life, maintenance and performance. (I have already guessed FRP means Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic, is GRP Graphite Reinforced Plastic? (carbon fiber? ))
Yesso on the race board the curved side is the trailing edge?
Bruce Sutphin yrs ago swore that the long side, went fwd. This is usually the T.E. He was a World Champion so may be best??Sorry for the dumb questions, but if someone can give me a quick answer. Seeing the picture I've posted, which side of the daggerboard faces toward the bow? While I am at it (bumb questions), is there any reason I should not put an old, ugly looking haylard in the washing machine?
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I ain't switchin' !I am told that the Shadow board was designed to fit the Minifish and then the company, AMF Alcort, made the Shadow the standard issue for new Sunfish as well. Of the three wood designs, the original round bottom, the Shadow and the spade bottom Barrington, the Barrington performd best. Then the plastic boards made all the wood boards obsolete owing to a better hydrodynamic shape and larger surface area. Alan Glos Cazenovia, NY