| With your legs facing forward, the leeboard thwart goes approximately over your knees. |
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| Viewed from the front with her leeboard stored, the sharpie appears to have a jet intake on the port side. |
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| This is an L-shaped bolt with wing nut that is used to clamp the leeboard bracket to the gunwales. |
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| In practice the leeboard is strong enough to survive being left on one side when sailing on either tack. |
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| More modern rigs generally use a leeboard on only one side of the boat, while older rigs have one on each side. |
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| For a leeboard that is clear enough, the higher it gets, the less the upward force of the water is co-operating. |
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| But since this is a real dinghy when assembled, there is no reason any dinghy style leeboard would not work. |
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| This spacer fills the gap between side and leeboard when board is touching the gunwale and chine log. |
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| These two pieces have to align with the centerline of the hull and be in the same plane or the leeboard will jam. |
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| Normally we would start with the sail, then on to the leeboard and finally on to the structure. |
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| The punt drew but three inches of water when her leeboard was up, and skimmed over the water at a wonderful rate. |
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| An article on making a leeboard from laminated plywood is available. |
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| The windward performance of the ship was poor by modern standards as there was no centreboard, deep keel or leeboard. |
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