Centerboard Hum

JBlumhorst@aol.com
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:50:08 EST


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In a message dated 11/9/98 10:17:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, hlg@pacbell.net
writes:

> I don't remember what his speed
> estimate was but he reported an eerie "tone" being generated, by the CB
> trunk apparently, something he had not heard at usual sailing speeds.

When I'm really planing fast in my Force 5 dinghy (in winds of 20-25 on San
Francisco Bay), the centerboard always hums, shrieks and moans. It's a common
event in dinghies and small boats. Lasers do it, Force 5's do it, Capri
14.2's do it....

Judith Blumhorst, DC
WWP-19 #266 "Redwing"
Danville, CA