> would be fiberglass and lead rather than galvanized steel.
</color>I wonder whether you aren't inviting a some sort of delamination. I
suspect the board would flex more than the steel board, eventually
persuading the "rigid lead" (bonded to the fiberglass) to pull away
from the soft, solid (and crack-prone) lead. Cracks
propagate...flexure increases...and so on.
Of course, the real reason for my conjecture is puzzlement as to why
the CB wasn't made this way in the first place. since it seemingly
offers clear advantages. Then, too, I'm motivated by the mischievous
desire to give engineering advice to an engineering professor! ;)
<color><param>FF00,0000,0000</param>> The advantages would be increased righting moment from having more weight
> down below. It would also provide the opportunity to be constructed
> properly to get rid of the centerboard knock.
>
>
> Christopher A. Chung, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> University of Houston
> Dept. of Industrial Engineering
> Houston, TX 77204-4812
> tel. (713) 743-4195
> fax. (713) 743-4190
> cchung@uh.edu
>
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Rich Duffy
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Kula, Hawaii