Ray Speck's Centerboard Design

Our class is building two Catspaw Dinghy's (one lapstrake and one carvel planked). Ray Speck gave a presentation on his design for a centerboard. The secret sauce is the mortising for the bolts. If you are going to build a boat with a centerboard and do not follow these instructions, well...you have been warned that yours will probably leak!

This article originally appeared in WoodenBoat Magazine #152, January/February 2000.