Speaking from a practical. rather than theoretical standpoint, my experience with my previous boat, a 1981 30mkI suggests to me that having the top of the mast about 8-9” AFT of the gooseneck resulted in a well-balanced boat.
I guess your mileage may vary... Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Nov 27, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: > Aaron, > > I'm with you. > > Joel > > On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, Aaron Rouhi wrote: > Hmmm.... I always thought with more mast rake the Center Of Effort moves > further aft which means wind pushing the boat from behind the CLR and as a > result weather helm increases so using that logic I raked it forward to move > COE forward. Am I wrong?
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