In addition to the buttons on the wheel allowing Jimmy Spithill to control daggerboard rake, grinder Simeon Tienpont had controls. In his cockpit, pushbuttons on the sole (floor) and a control panel on the side allowed him to control daggerboard height, cant (angle side to side) and rake (angle fore and aft).
My article on the daggerboard control system has been featured in lots of places, from a Swedish sailing blog to TV3 in New Zealand. Watch the clip from TV3 here.
I’ve updated the labels on the photos in the article, to be more consistent describing the daggerboard box and the daggerboard cage.
Lots more details and marked up photos and diagrams here.
