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Best cruiser... ketches
Well a properly designed Yawl or ketch does not have excess weather helm as
the Main mast is farther forward than for a sloop. And with a centerboard you can tune to your hearts content, just 125 cranks up to down. You can trim the mizzen to set a neutral helm on most any reach, or if you are trying to point higher than about 50 degrees to true wind just drop it. We set the mizzen staysail at about 80 degrees apparent, similar to the asymmetric chute in usage. While the mizzen is only about 90 ft^2 (hoist 20, boom 9) the staysail is closer to 350 ft^2. (Perpendicular about 25 and luff 28 or so) this is 50ft^2 bigger than my Main. (35 hoist and 17 foot) Nice sail to carry in good winds of 5kts or higher, since it is low set it is not very effective much below that. It is a very easy sail to set and strike and trim, compared to setting a spinnaker. Your leeway will vary. Sheldon That's *certainly* true... many's the time I have sailed large sloops with tillers, wishing I had a way to set more sail area aft so that the boat would have *more* weather helm... DSK -- Sheldon Haynie Texas Instruments 50 Phillipe Cote Manchester, NH 03101 603 222 8652 |
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