I have the keel centerboard on my '81 and have been sailing it for 9 years. I get more side-slip that I did with my previous Islander 28 with a fin keel when pointing high. But in moderate winds I often don't even put the board down and still get good performance. My wife and I were sailing back from a trip and ran into 20-22k wind on the nose. We rolled in the genny but with only a couple of miles to the pierhead, decided to just leave the mainsail full and board up to see how the boat would do tacking the rest of the way. I was pleased with the results but would have put it down had we not been close to the channel.
_________________ Mark T37 #315, Celtic Lady Muskegon, MI
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