No. There is no such thing as zero heel--a boat will always heel when
beating to windward unless it's a small dinghy with a 300lb. skipper and
similarly-sized crew.

Not true.


OzOne wrote:
Boats, even large yachts are often stacked to windward in light
conditions, particularly now that the plastic sails no longer need
heel to induce some sort of shape.
It produces better gust response, and helmmovement in the gust among
other things


Yep. The boat accelerates much better and if it's one of those
gawd-awful days with chop & light air, it can go thru the lumpy parts
better.

It doesn't take a heavy crew, even.

OTOH there are times when I like a lot of heel, like just before a tack

DSK