A board that slides vertically through the keel of a sailboat to reduce sideways movement.
Compare with centerboard
Example sentencesExamples
- We merely centred our weight over the daggerboards and shoved the tiller round to turn.
- Contrary to popular belief, the daggerboard or centerboard does not keep the sailboat from tipping over.
- Late last week, Kingfisher hit a submerged object and damaged her daggerboard.
- If the rudder and daggerboard are made of plywood and glassed they will need to be primed and painted.
- It was not possible to hoist the daggerboard and a large area of carbon was now visible on the port side.