[Rhodes22-list] Weather and lee helm

[Peter Thorn]

Jim,

Does your furler furl clockwise or counter-clockwise?  Is is correct that it
unfurls counter-clockwise (looking down from the masthead)?  If so, could
the smoother leeward side of the furled headsail on starboard tack present a
more powerful headsail and thus more lee helm?  On port tack, with the
windshadow of the furled luff casting back many inches on the leeward side
of the Genoa and disrupting the leeward flow over the sail,  would not the
sail then develop less drive -- and thus less lee helm?

??

PT




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:44 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Weather and lee helm


> Ahoy list,
>
> While out today in some gusts, I buried the rail a couple of times and
> decided it would be a great time to try reefing and balancing the boat.  I
> did not achieve balance.  What I did achieve was some pretty good lee helm
> on starboard tack, and slightly less weather helm on port tack.  It wasn't
> my imagination.  I trimmed the sails in and out on both port and starboard
> tack for several tacks, and it was repeatable.  The traveler was on the
> centerline.  Foot of mainsail was tight.  Topping lift was loose.  Jib was
> furled to about 100% (clew just aft of forward lower shrouds).
>
> All the way home, I tried to visualize what might cause this.  My
intuition
> fails me.  Any ideas?
>
> Jim Connolly
> s/v Inisheer
> '85 recycled '03
>
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