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Where have all the centerboards gone?
I have done the sailing schools in the US, coastal cruising in the BVI's and we have chartered in the Chesapeake. I found that I truly enjoy sailing. We are approaching retirment. We have built a home with a dock on a creek in NC just off Pamlico sound. We built the house for the view, as I figured I could always find a boat to squeeze into the creek. The nominal depth is 4'6", but the wind tide varies that by more than a foot at times. I would love to go sailing everyday for a few hours and the two of us would like to take trips up and down the intercoastal and perhaps venture further out. I am concerned that even with a shoal draft boat of 4' I would not be able to get out of the creek 30% of the time. I am looking for a centerboard boat, that I can single handle but big enough for the two of us for extended trips. I am not looking at muli-hulls, yet. I have searched YachtWorld for centerboards/swing keels, but I have not found many. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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