Jeff Morris wrote:


There are some boats, yes. As I reported my old full keel boat would hold a close reach
all afternoon with a "floating" tiller. The real issue was whether a more modern fin
keeler, in particular a C&C 32, would do it.

Well, I only have experience with a few fin keelers that would do it, and it might be
partially due to stiff steering. But I have sailed a lot of centerboard boats that would.
There's a problem translating this to big-boat sailing though, usually one cannot shift crew
weight to heel the boat 15 degrees to windward when desired for steering. Maybe this is how
Bubbles does it?

DSK