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| Sailing terms beginning with D |
| Daggerboard |
| Lifting keel that moves up and down through its case or trunk instead of pivoting like a centreboard. A Mirror
dinghy uses a daggerboard arrangement. |
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| Displacement |
| Weight of water a craft displaces when afloat. |
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| Draft |
| Depth a hull is immersed, from the surface of the water to the lowest point of the hull, keel or other
extension. |
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