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a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel

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Balanced on the thin blades of daggerboards, hurtling across the surface of the ocean at a staggering 40-50 knots, the crew needs both speed and control to achieve "plane sailing" on their route to securing the prestige of being the team to take the cup home.
A daggerboard is a kind of foil, a device well known in sailing for using hydrodynamic forces to lift the hull higher in the water to reduce the surface contact area and minimise drag.
The daggerboard is a movable appendage to the hull, which can be stowed out of the water for manoeuvring or deployed beneath the water surface," explains Durocher.
Plane sailing
The Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed Rambler 88 is a new kind of pocket maxi that has punched well above it's weight since its launch two years ago; as seen by it leading the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart until smashing a daggerboard.
Mixed dozen: whether cruising, racing or voyaging, our armada of the best yachts sailing today is intended to whet your appetite and indeed do something similar to your feet
84 -metre daggerboards, which look more inboard than Comanche and angled, to create lift as well as reduce leeway.
Ocean racers
Built to a single, tightly controlled set of plans from Farr Yacht Design in the US, designed to withstand the toughest conditions on the planet, the VO65 is a collaboration among a consortium of four boatyards: Persico (Italy) for the hull, the daggerboards and some internal structure; Multiplast (France) for the deck and some components; Decision (Switzerland) for the internal structure; and Green Marine (United Kingdom) for final assembly and many of the components, including the galley, media station, rudders and steering wheels.
As real as it gets
Richards and the crew now affectionately refer to their charge as the 'Swiss Army Knife', because of the number of appendages she boasts: a hydrofoil wing, a retractable forward centreboard, two retractable daggerboards, a canting keel, and the conventional rudder at the stern.
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The twin daggerboards ensure good pointing to windward and the sail plan comes with Genoa, staysail and is set up for a cruising chute too.
Cruising largesse: our 2014 selection of the latest and greatest large cruising yachts may not turn you into a bluewater sailor but these luxurious, ocean-capable boats have the potential to take you and your family to the furthest horizons
The hulls are resin infused, carbon/e-glass hybrid construction with foam core and are held together with carbon crossbeams, and for upwind performance daggerboards are used.
Boxboat 8.5
The innovation adds to Wild Oats XI's blade armoury of rudder, canting keel, two retractable daggerboards and a retractable forward foil, which it uses in light, upwind work with the daggerboards retracted.
The great race south: from out of the blue, from out of the woodwork, what is arguably the strongest fleet in 30 years has been assembled to knock bob oailey's wild oats xi from the top of the perch in the 69th rolex sydney hobart yacht race
So we don't lose count of what lies beneath the surface, the yacht has a hydrofoil wing, a retractable forward rudder, two retractable daggerboards, canting keel, and the conventional rudder at the stern.
Yachts to watch: the outcome of the rolex sydney hobart yacht race is always tough to predict and this year's race is no exception, with a stellar line-up set to fight it out in the 69th running of the iconic sail south. there are new entries to take on the favourites, and new owners, helmsmen, navigators and boat modifications to add to the mix. di pearson gives a rundown of the yachts to watch
They have led to Richards and the crew to affectionately refer to the yacht as the 'Swiss Army Knife', because of the number of appendages she now boasts: the new hydrofoil wing, a retractable forward rudder, two retractable daggerboards, canting keel, and the conventional rudder at the stern.
Wild Oats XI
The new carbon rocketship will have similar foils to a Volvo with daggerboards and a canting keel, yet with much more emphasis on all points of sail, so there is a relatively lighter keel.
Life in the fast lane: with the race boat scene enjoying a purple patch, we gather together some of the more interesting grand prix yachts doing the rounds, with several of them set to be on the start line of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race this year, writes Kevin Green
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