Centerboard Shape and Specs

Submitted by johnrmcl on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:20
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Owning, Rigging, and Sailing the Flying Scot

I am repairing a much munched centerboard and have received a template from FS to help with this. I have visited a website sponsored by Quannapowitt Yacht Club that discusses repair of a FS cenerboard - with pictures. The discussion and pictures present a board that is largely symmetrical fore and aft and presents a conversation with Harry Carpenter indicating the leading and trailing edges have the same profile and shape.

The pattern I recieved from FS matches the basic shape of the board that I have (minus large pieces that the previous owner and I have left on various lake and river bottoms) but does not match the shape of the board pictured in the yacht club article. Does the class sanction more than one board?

John McLaughlin
Ngulule
Customflex #1554

johnrmcl

Tue, 05/06/2008 - 15:56

I find it interesting that I have not one reply to this topic. Even the centerboard shown in the official measurement document has a different shape from the template that Flying Scot sent to me to use when redoing my board and an accompanying sketch showing the official lengths and widths has a different shape from the template. The template sent to me has very large radius curves at the termination of the straight foreward and aft edges, while the sketch and measurement specs show a very long straight leading and following edge with very abrupt curves (smaller radius) at the transitions.

John McLaughlin
Ngulule
Customflex #1554

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GMcK106

Wed, 04/20/2022 - 17:13

I also need to fix my board.  Where did you get the template?  Is it a .pdf file?

 

Regards,

 

Glenn McKibben  FS# 2602

sawyerspadre

Tue, 05/06/2008 - 17:26

It sounds like you have the information you need, if you have a template from Harry.

I have never heard of more than one board.

Phil

Phil Scheetz
FS 4086