[Rhodes22-list] Newbie questions Suppliers/Anchoring/Sail Balance

[Leland]

Shawn,

I may get some disagreement on this but I think all boats get lee and
weather helm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_helm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_helm 

I like to balance the sails and then lock the tiller at less than 5 degrees
pushing the boat into the wind.  As the boat moves into the wind it usually
falls off before the sails start to luff much.  With the sails balanced and
minimal drag from the rudder you'd think you'd get maximal speed.  Not so on
our boats.  I can almost always get more speed if I'm not too close-hauled
by having too much Genoa out and noticeable lee helm.  The power of the big
Genoa speeds you up more than the drag of the rudder slows you down.

Heeling and point-of-sail also affect helm balance, especially on light
boats like ours, so you need to make some adjustments if change your
directional tack.

But from my posts from yesterday and today you may not want to take my
advice. :)

Good luck!

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
Kent Island, MD


Shawn Boles-4 wrote:
> 
> Hi Ken:
> 
> Thanks for the advice . I may have overstated my concern about lee helm.
> The boat sails beautifully.  I was just surprised by lee  vs weather helm.
> According  to Mary Lou some R22's have slight lee helm in light airs. I
> will look at how I have her ballasted (H2O tank, anchor location etc.).
> 
> Cheers,
> Shawn
> 
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM, KenBates <btskend at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Shawn
>> I have an 86 with a 180% Genny and it too has Lee Helm at low heel
>> angles.
>> by the time we are "well heeled" it is switching to Weather helm and i
>> cant
>> prevent it from rounding up even with the tiller in the pit of my
>> substantial belly. put one a life jacket, a safety line and one young
>> strong
>> piece of moving balast and try to tip her over. the result will give you
>> much more confidence (avoid a big wave day, that can skew the results)
>> Ken
>>
>> Shawn Boles-4 wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All:
>> >
>> > First, let me thank you for your kind welcome to the list!  On May 30th
>> we
>> > poured a libation to Poseidon and Aeolus to retire any previous names
>> of
>> > our boat and  know her henceforth as  Sweet Baboo. ( I will forward
>> > pictures).
>> >
>> >  As I said I have a lot of questions. I looked in  the archive for
>> answers
>> > but did not find anything about my first 3 questions:
>> >
>> > 1. Do you have a favorite source for marine supplies? I just drove 70
>> > Miles
>> > to the closest West marine store and , frankly, I was not impressed.
>> Nice
>> > folks, but not much stock, expensive, and I pay shipping. Surely, there
>> is
>> > something better.
>> >
>> > 2.  Anchor rode and storage advice - we sail in a fairly shallow (avg
>> > depth
>> > 7' max 30') reservoir and want to anchor out for the night. Stan
>> supplied
>> > a
>> > Danforth  (looks like a 4-6 #) on bow pulpit but no chain/rode.
>> >
>> >               - What would you recommend? I am thinking of  3/8"
>> Premium
>> > Anchor Line, 100', 4,400lb.   with 3-5' of
>> >                  chain. Does anyone have picture of how you
>> store/deploy/
>> > retrieve your anchor.
>> >
>> > 3. Lea Helm & Sail Balance. I have only been out a couple of times
>> (rainy
>> > season has decided to prolong itself [?]) With 100% main and 100% jib
>> > (just
>> > ahead of mast) I have a slight lea helm. This gets more pronounced as I
>> > unfurl more headsail.
>> >
>> >                  - is this normal? I am used to slight weather helm.
>> > Should
>> > I care?
>> >                  - what is best adjustment? traveler? mast rake? other?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any advice.
>> >
>> > Shawn & Melva Boles
>> > s/v Sweet Baboo ('86)
>> >
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