[Rhodes22-list] Lee helm

Tom Bickerstaff tabick at mchsi.com
Thu Jul 2 18:20:15 EDT 2009


With only the main unfurled, the helm wants to send the bow off the wind.
The  topping lift is slack, the motor is all the way out of the water and
the centerboard is all the way down.

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Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Lee helm

What does your helm feel like with only the main unfurled?  I assume your
topping lift is slack when the main is out, your motor is pulled all the way
out of the water and your center/diamond board is all the way down.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Tom Bickerstaff <tabick at mchsi.com> wrote:

> I have IMF.  So, what's the solution?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Rick
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Lee helm
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> Bick,
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> A lee helm means your mainsail isn't pulling enough, assuming you have
IMF.
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> If not IMF, your forestay could be too short.
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> Rick
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> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Tom Bickerstaff <tabick at mchsi.com> wrote:
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> > Help!
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> >
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> > I seem to have a lee helm no matter how much jib I put out.  It scares
> the
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> > you-know-what out of me b/c I solo a lot.  If I take a banger from the
> boom
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> > or accidentally fall overboard, where the H will the boat end up?
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> > Is my forestay too loose or too tight, or is there something else I
> should
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> > look for as being the cause?
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> > Thanks.
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> > Bick
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