Why are daggerboards not asymetrical like an aiirplane wing with the flat side facing out? It seems like it would provide a lot more lift to windward and as the windward hull gets higher out of the water causing the leeward dagger to "lean", would'nt this create lift on the hull thus reducing wetted surface area of the hull and creating less drag from the hull? I realize that you would have to raise the windward dagger on every tack and that lift also creates drag but would'nt the benifits of the lift outweigh the penalty of drag? Am I overlooking something obvious?
Don Caldwell