Sail condition and trim have a significant impact on weather helm.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net>wrote: > 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? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Don Newman C&C 44
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