Thought I would start a new thread on this idea.
If the daggerboards are failing simply by breaking loose from the line, you probably have a perfectly fixable board laying on the bottom. THis might be the best failure mode since only a small bit of damage occurs where the knot pulled through the board.
Heres the idea:
I few years ago I bought a crab trap float which is a small bright orange float shaped like the capital letter "H" . It came with about 20 feet of decent looking thin line attached to it. (might have also had a small flat metal weight on the other end.
Run this thin line from the bottom of the daggerboard (securely tied to the aft of the board under a screw) to the stern of the boat and either have it tied to the little crab trap float that would rip loose from a velcro mounting if the board went for an excursion. Actually I think that might be a good idea, no?
Just circle around, pickup the float and pull up your board. If you just grounded causing the board failure, the float with about 15 feet of line should be easily floating on the water surface.
Slap on a little marine tex, have lunch, and back to sailing in a couple of hours.
Someone owes me a beer I think.
Daggerboard retrieval line idea
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craiglaforce
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Craig - I'll buy you a beer anytime just for caring enough to come up with the idea. 
I should have read this thread before posting a reply in the old thread. Over there I said:
"interesting idea about recovery. I would think a line from the board to the stern would, at some stage of board deployment, have a chance of fouling the prop. However, the way the board goes straight out of the bottom of the boat, a float might be rigged to simply slide down the daggerboard well after it. I'll have to give it some thought."
I should have read this thread before posting a reply in the old thread. Over there I said:
"interesting idea about recovery. I would think a line from the board to the stern would, at some stage of board deployment, have a chance of fouling the prop. However, the way the board goes straight out of the bottom of the boat, a float might be rigged to simply slide down the daggerboard well after it. I'll have to give it some thought."
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http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/ ... tId=782562
THis might be the float I was thinking of. BUt the silly website doesn't have a photo. The one I am thinking of is very cheap and is about 1 inch wide X 6 inches X 6 inches shaped like a capital H, bright orange.
Sorry if the new thread confused anything; just thought this was a generic type idea for recovery of the daggerboards and might be easier to search later as a new thread
THis might be the float I was thinking of. BUt the silly website doesn't have a photo. The one I am thinking of is very cheap and is about 1 inch wide X 6 inches X 6 inches shaped like a capital H, bright orange.
Sorry if the new thread confused anything; just thought this was a generic type idea for recovery of the daggerboards and might be easier to search later as a new thread