Daggerboard crunch!

[Russ]

No substitute for a depth sounder when sailing in under 20 feet of water imho. Remember these are guides and not gospel...just because you are sounding 15 feet of water you may well be approaching the Ford Edsel someone dumped in the water last Spring and ergo your safe depth under the hull can quickly disappear.

Sailing on the tidal Hudson Ive gotten stuck on the CB many times with minimal damage (5200 repairs only) - gotta love that pivot....

That's the thing. Depth finders work great on fairly normal bottom. We have been out on the lake in 50 feet of water, suddenly we look down and see a huge group of rocks 4 or 5 feet jutting up. If we were moving quickly with a 5' hunk of daggerboard hanging down, it could have hit before we realized what happend. From the posts above, it seems the board would sheer off before damaging the boat. That's a relief. Still gotta be careful.

[baldbaby2000]

From the posts above, it seems the board would sheer off before damaging the boat. That's a relief. Still gotta be careful.

I still think the board is way too flimsy. Mine has never sheered off, probably because I put a stainless steel pipe lenthwise in if forward of the center support. Still that trailing edge doesn't have much strength. True, I do want it to give before the trunk does but the stock board is like a 1/2 Amp fuse in a 20 Amp circuit.

Leon, have you ever hit anything with your custom board? If so, any damage to the trunk?

Daniel

[bastonjock]

No substitute for a depth sounder when sailing in under 20 feet of water imho. Remember these are guides and not gospel...just because you are sounding 15 feet of water you may well be approaching the Ford Edsel someone dumped in the water last Spring and ergo your safe depth under the hull can quickly disappear.

Sailing on the tidal Hudson Ive gotten stuck on the CB many times with minimal damage (5200 repairs only) - gotta love that pivot....

i was under the impression that the x center board swung up when you hit something?

[Paul S]

No substitute for a depth sounder when sailing in under 20 feet of water imho. Remember these are guides and not gospel...just because you are sounding 15 feet of water you may well be approaching the Ford Edsel someone dumped in the water last Spring and ergo your safe depth under the hull can quickly disappear.

Sailing on the tidal Hudson Ive gotten stuck on the CB many times with minimal damage (5200 repairs only) - gotta love that pivot....

i was under the impression that the x center board swung up when you hit something?

It SHOULD swing up.. if you are drifting at all in any direction other than 100% forward.. it could break/damage as well like an M.

[nemo]

We broke our dagger board on a sand bar once. The story and detailed pictures of the repair are in this thread entitled, "Dagger Board Repair".

http://macgregorsailors.com/phpBB/viewt ... gger+board

Since a new dagger board was only a bit over $200, we bought a new one and keep the repaired version as a spare. It fits nicely against the wall in the aft berth - hardly notice it's there.

[johnnyonspot]

hvolkhart,

You should round the bottom of the broken dagger board and pass it off as evidence of the existence of sharks in Green Bay.

No substitute for a depth sounder when sailing in under 20 feet of water imho. Remember these are guides and not gospel...just because you are sounding 15 feet of water you may well be approaching the Ford Edsel someone dumped in the water last Spring and ergo your safe depth under the hull can quickly disappear.

Sailing on the tidal Hudson Ive gotten stuck on the CB many times with minimal damage (5200 repairs only) - gotta love that pivot....

I've found that my 650 pound cast iron swing keel is the best indicator of rocks and shallow water. Just have to make sure I inspect/replace the pivot bolt this coming spring before I take it out again.

[baldbaby2000]

I've found that my 650 pound cast iron swing keel is the best indicator of rocks and shallow water. Just have to make sure I inspect/replace the pivot bolt this coming spring before I take it out again.

When we had our Mac 25's it was not unsual to hit things. It's good to inspect the bolt but ours never seemed to deform.

[James V]

I have had my M stop dead on sand and rocks a few times, Not much damage to the dagger boad.

I do have a spair dagger board and spair rudders. These are a little hard to get in the Bahamas.