Dinghy: centerboard or leeboard?

[benz]

Thanks for the replies. Your method, Ian, sounds most interesting. I have only rarely tried to row through a gale and always found it wet, deperate, and unpleasant; far better to have stayed aboard that day, if at all possible.
I'm going to build a test model first for sea trials before I build the real thing, so I guess I can put a trunk in it and try it both ways before I commit to the real thing.