Roger Peterson Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 Just a fleeting thought... I was looking at the Sea Pearl site and was wondering, What do you guys think about using leeboards in place of the centerboard in the Core Sound boats to open up the interior? I have a sailing canoe with leeboards and they work rather well. Of course, I would'nt try it without a blessing (and some location/structural advice) from our designer. Roger Quote
Gordy Hill Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Roger, The leeboards on the Sea Pearls are VERY heavy. Carrying just one around really wouldn't be worth it. The sides of the Sea Pearl are nearly straight. It would take a bit of cobbling to rig things on a Core Sound. Every time you come about it's something else to mess with. Quote
Guest Rune Forsberg Posted July 2, 2003 Posted July 2, 2003 Hello! First time messinging here, enjoyed reading alot here and thought I'd write something too. I've also been thinking about not messing up the "free" space in the center of the boat and saw a good solution on B&B site - The Belhaven has a more offcenter centerboard than the CS-boats. Why not do this instead of the leeboards? The Belhaven is as what I've understood more o less a CS with a "roof". Rune Quote
Roger Peterson Posted July 2, 2003 Author Posted July 2, 2003 Gordy/Rune, Thanks for the feedback. I will go ahead and follow the plans as drawn. I was just at the point of starting the interior framing on hull #58 when I saw the Sea Pearl site and got that wild and crazy notion about leeboards. I really didn't think about the curve of the hull and the problems with pivot angles and so forth or the excess weight of a second board. My sailing canoe is NOT a "happy lightweight" . I have taken a roll of pictures of the construction process with one of those cheap throw-away cameras and had the pictures put on a disk so I could show my progress but... the quality of the photographs is not very good. :x :oops: I'll try to clean up o few of the better ones and post them today. Roger Quote
Guest mustangermatt Posted October 12, 2003 Posted October 12, 2003 Not really relevent but I got to be part of a Sea Scout post when I was a kid and sailed all over Washington and British Columbia on a 65 foot dutch built gaff cutter called Groote Beer (Great Bear). This vessel had a very bluff bow, canoe stern and twelve foot oak lee boards. I will never forget ghosting by the topsail schooner adventuress with twice our waterline length on the Strait of Juan De Fuca to windward in light air. The high aspect and excellent lift of the lee board made all the difference. And the fact that the traditional dutch gaff was very short as well providing a higher aspect to the main sail. Of course it took two guys on a winch to pick them up when we tacked :-) As I said not very relevent here since the core sounds centerboard is also a high aspect ratio foil. Quote
thebob Posted October 12, 2003 Posted October 12, 2003 Questions like these really show that different people have different requirements and that the B&B forum helps customization but provides a reality check for some of the less well thought out ideas. I had thought about lee boards and many other modifications, but have decided to "trust the designer" where structural/sailing aspects are concerned. CS17 #103 will be built and used before I start modifying. I hope this post doesn Quote
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