Assertion: centerboard | /r/CapableOf | suck air
Facets:
value: into the trunk
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Further if the centerboard trunk is allowed to come in contact with the atmosphere / air will allow the centerboard to 'suck air down' into the trunk and will result in cavitation of the foil (added to the turbulence of the 'trunk opening').For full or cutaway full keels the length of the keel to come close to the width dimensions of the 010 would necessitate an extremely wide keel ... that this 'profile shape' about 3 ft. wide in a 010 full keel on a ~40 ft. boat would produce immense ''profile drag", add to that the immense amount of 'skin friction' due to the large LENGTH shape .... and the optimzation quickly falls off.