Have often read in Jerry's emails that he prefers to rake Montgomery masts
slightly because it makes the boats go faster. Is the relationship to mast
rake and boat speed unique to Monty?
Back in the old days when my gut was small enough to let me use hiking
straps, I raced Thistles and Flying Scots. We tried to get the masts perfectly
verticle or raked forward just a tad because it improved windward performance
-- better pointing. Were we kidding ourselves? Perhaps we were trading
reaching speed for windward performance.
Dick Straubel
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