Rules Explained – Class Rules – Daggerboard
The Daggerboard rule is one of the rules that has seen more changes than any other. To put it simply, in the 90 years and more of Snipe's life, three different shapes have been approved, the last in 1976.
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Two sub sections of this basic rule of the RoC have always been a reason of debate, protests or request for redress: 5.5 and 5.6.
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