| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
I HAVE A CAPE DORY TYPHOON WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE EXCESSIVE WEATHER HELM,WHEN THERE IS A GOOD BIT OF WIND IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE TO REALLY TRY TO BEAR OFF TO KEEP HER FROM ROUNDING UP INTO THE WIND. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN TRY TO DETERMINE IF IT IS EXCESSIVE OR JUST ACCEPTABLE.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 39.1 | MOTHER::BERENS | Tue Jul 24 1984 14:40 | 25 | ||
Some increase in weather helm as the boat heels is normal. However ..... There are a number of things that can be done to reduce weather helm. 1. Rake the mast further forward. On a C&C 26 I once owned raking the masthead a few inches forward reduced the weather helm from uncontrollable rounding up to just a mild increase. 2. Flatten the mainsail by increasing the tension on the clew with the outhaul. Move the mainsail draft further forward by increasing halyard tension. 3. Reef the mainsail. 4. Trim the mainsail further to leeward using the mainsheet traveler. 5. Make sure the mast stays straight (when looking up the sailtrack) under load. 6. Move the headsail draft further forward by increasing halyard tension. 7. Beef to the rail! | |||||
| 39.2 | EVE::P_THAYER | Tue Jul 24 1984 16:00 | 3 | ||
Try just letting the main out a bit to spill some air. | |||||
| 39.3 | SUMMIT::HOGLUND | Tue Jul 31 1984 10:49 | 4 | ||
It,s my experience that the Cape Dory and/or Sea Sprite do have heavy weather helms. Raking the mast forward should help. Keep the rigging tuned, and don't overpower the boat. Better to have larger head sail and reduce main. | |||||
| 39.4 | XCUSME::JOHNSEN | Mon May 08 1989 17:33 | 7 | ||
The April issue of SAIL magazine has a good article about balancing
the helm. There is good detail concerning the physics involved,
and the effects of different adjustments.
JJ
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