Research on lift-carry-over in hull-keel-centre board configurations, to improve the performance prediction of sailing yachts at Dykstra Naval Architects

Dykstra Naval Architects are regularly designing large classic sailing yachts or motor-sailors, of which the draft is an important design restriction.The sailing performance is increased by adding lift-generating appendages,without increasing the draft. An example is a retractable centre board, havinga big influence on the sailing properties....