"Bob" wrote in message
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On Jul 3, 3:14 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

Either way, a dead give-a-way is the constant helm corrections.
somthing aint right.
Bob

What ain't right is your absurd assumptions about the constant helm
corrections. There is no modern, high performance sailboat with fin
keel/spade rudder combo that doesn't need constant helm corrections when
running with the seas on or abaft the quarter. It's the nature of the
beast.
Duh!

Wilbur Hubbard

\ two comments Wilbur:
\ 1, I agree the boat type is absurd and simply not a safe designe for
\ most people. still a helm should not have to drive a boat that much.
\ It an indacation somthin aint ballanced right. my boat handled a bit
\ that way too. but i had 300+ pounds of chain and a 45lb anchor in the
\ bow.......
\
\ 2., I belive the correct tem is simply "quarter". No other language is
\ needed to give that area on a vessel meaning.
\ but your use may be a local dialect. I other words, locate the
\ "quarters" on a vessel.
\ But i got your idea. those kind of boats are dangerous in an amature's
\ hands.
\ bob

If you're suggesting I should have written "on or abaft quarter" then you
need to study your nautical terminology for that is simply incorrect
terminology.

But, the boat may have been trimmed badly as in down by the bows. That would
make it more likely that the stern would slew around in quartering seas as
the bows dug in. But, form factor of these modern hulls with minimal
buoyancy in the bows (even without a shot or two of chain stored there) and
a huge beam astern make them a real handful broad reaching. The best thing
you can do to tame them is strike the mainsail completely and run a storm
jib on the forestay. But you still have to be on the ball steering the
damned things.

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Gregory Hall