Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:03:00 GMT, Gary wrote:


Careful. The chap you are preaching to is the Chaplain. Google Roger
Long before you get to far into this. I should have.

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I'm aware that Roger is an experienced marine architect but that does
not necessarily make him a sailing expert. I have spent literally
thousands of hours racing keel boats (with some success), so I'm
fairly comfortable discussing what has worked for me. I think we all
agree that reducing heel angle will help to reduce weather helm but
there are various ways of doing that.

I agree.

Roger Long wrote:
If you do the silly yacht designer's thing of cutting out the hull
profile and balancing it on a pin you will find that the lead of the
Folkboat isn't much different that vessels with lots of weather helm.
What started this whole sub thread was my not to clearly stated
assertion that it is not fine tuning of the C.E. / C.L.P relationship
that determines helm balance but lots of other factors.

The Folkboat is bordering on legendary for its heavy weather handling.
The spin offs (Contessa 26, Marieholm IF, Virtue, Vancouver 27) all
exhibit great seakindliness. Is it any wonder that they seem to be the
smallest boats consistently completing impressive voyages.

"R.W. Behan" wrote in
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Yes, wasn't it, though?



Thanks, Guys. Dick, check your email...(c;