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Centreboard classes

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Centreboard classes

These are the main centreboard classes, which became very popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

Drawings courtesy of Bakewell-White Yacht Design

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Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – Yachting after 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/7142/centreboard-classes (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Harold Kidd, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.