My guess is that the weight of the board wouldn't make a difference, it would be the leeway allowed by lack of lateral resistance on every point of sail except a run: Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm just guessing. ----- Original Message ----- From: MC Carpenter To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 7:08 PM Subject: monty 17 has anyone tried to see how the boat would sail (apart from windward) without the centerboard, does the extra weight of the board make a noticeable difference. what if the you were planning on a trip down the bay and you did not want to overload the little vessel with the extra supplies so to compensate you removed the board, I'm just asking, I really don't know if it should even be considered an option.