[Rhodes22-list] Boat doesn't come up into wind

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Very clear, concise explanation Dennis. Made me realize my response
needed a clarification.

My San Juan 22 has a slight weather helm on a close reach/beat so to
get it to sail by itself (while I go below to make a sandwich or just
relax and enjoy the sail) , I lock the tiller - sometimes takes a
couple of tries to get right pressure/angle.. It's a bit magical to
watch it automatically head up in puffs and fall off in lulls. Only
works for a range of wind speeds/waves. This would never work if it
had a lee helm.

My Nonsuch 30, a catboat sail rig (with modern underbody), could do
same thing even though only a single sail.

Brooks

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:51 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> Hi Bruce -
>
> Take a look at http://www.great-loop.us/2013/11, a page I put up last year
> about the evils of lee helm and how to avoid it. I should have added more
> content about how each 'cure' can reduce lee helm / increase weather helm -
> but it seems I've gotten caught up in other issues. (Shame on me!)
>
> Have a look, and see what you magic you can work to make your boat head up
> instead of falling off when you release the helm.
>
> Dennis
> Magic Moments
> Off limits; isolated by her newly painted dock :-(
>
>
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Boat doesn't come up into wind
>
> I've only had one other boat besides the Rhodes, but it and everything I
> read sez that when you let everything go, the boat should come up into the
> wind.
> Mine doesn't, unless the wind really gusts it over hard.  On a normal sail,
> even with the jib only modestly unfurled, she sails ahead straight as an
> arrow.  Which is usually nice, but since I single-hand it I bet if I fell
> overboard, I'd feel that was less of an advantage.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce M.
> S/v Tuxedo
> '88 refurb
>
>
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