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headsail furlers -the good, the bad and the ugly...sound off!
On 2008-08-12 01:14:53 -0400, lid (Jonathan Ganz) said:
In article , RichH wrote: Doesn't that give you a fairly unbalanced helm? That's a lot of CE forward. Not on a cutter rig (mast at ~40-50% LOA) where the combined CE is usually in front of the mast. With a lot of CE forward, it seems to make sense that one would have lee helm. This in and of itself seems unbalanced to me. I'd much rather have a bit of weather helm vs. lee helm. As I recall, cutter rigs place the the mast further aft. What's determines "helm" is the balance among the CEs of the sails, keel, and hull. -- Jere Lull Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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