Tod- Them's good words. Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ">Mboats<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Centerboard trials and tribulations > Eugene, > > The fiberglass centerboards have some lead embedded in them so that > they don't swing upwards with water pressure. > > I'd bet my fiberglass board had (has) considerably better foil shape than the > typical cast board. I did do a little additional fairing when I had it out but it really > looked pretty good. There is a section of "parallel middle body" but the leading > and trailing edges looked good. > > The cast board would offer a lower cg, but that shouldn't normally affect it too much > because under normal sailing the form stability will have the most influence. The ballast > becomes more important with heel. > > Tod > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
