To have the best Entry Level Boards, Starboard needed to totaly re-invent the centerboard system. The box that allows the Centerboard to  retract into the board has always been a week point in Windsurfing Board design from every brand. Clipperbox3 together with the deckplate that locks it into place and the one-way lip system that closes flat to prevent water entering through the bottom of the board is huge move forward. Found on Starboards RIo and Start Boards and to be realeased in October for Board Magazines Favorite, the 12'6" SUP.

Sandproof, super smooth and effortless. The Clipperbox uses two nylon side-plates fitted with clips. One pair of clips holds the daggerboard up, the other pair of clips hold the daggerboard down. The new Mark III version of the Clipperbox has been upgraded with 2 new features: a new moulded deck plate that locks the side-plates in securely and a new uni-directional back-plated rubber lips system. This system totally prevents any water from gushing through the daggerboard case when the daggerboard is retracted. For the first time, you can feel the efficiency of a non-daggerboard board in a board with a daggerboard system

"It's considerably easier to operate than any other board in the test." Boards magazine UK, July 2006