船的⻰⻣、稳向板和中插板是如何运作的 A boat’s keel, centreboard, or daggerboard is designed to resist the sideways force created by the sails. The rudder also plays a part. When the boat starts to move, water flows across the centreboard in much the same way as air flows across the sail. It creates a sideways force to windward that resists the opposite force on the sail. The two sideways forces cancel each other out, leaving a forward force which drives the boat. The force on the sails acts roughly at right angles to the boom. With sails in tight (when sailing close to the wind) the force acts mainly in a sideways direction. More sideways resistance is therefore required from the daggerboard. This is why most dinghies and some multihulls have a lifting centreboard or daggerboard, so that the area under the boat can be adjusted to suit the point of sailing.