[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Just Bent about weather helm

[Just bent]

Hank,
my flared sides were in the water. It seemed as though as soon as they go
under water, you turn to weather.
Jb


Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, weather helm has more to do with the placement of the
> mast in relation to the boat, not necessarily the design of the hull.  The
> flared sides shouldn't have anything to do with it as they are not in the
> water.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 7/17/07, James Barron <jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> To Jb from JB
>>
>> The same thing happened to us on our last sail.  We had the full Genny
>> out
>> and were
>> having fun at what I thought was close to the limit of wind we could
>> handle.  Then the gust hit-- we
>> saw it coming--just didn't anticipate how strong it was.  We were not
>> prepared to uncleat
>> the jib in time, or turn into the wind, so the gust pushed us over until
>> the rail was in the
>> water.  We were taking water into the cockpit.  But Stan has said that
>> when that happens,
>> the boat rounds up and corrects the problem, so I said a little prayer to
>> Stan, and that is exactly what happened.
>> Not the smoothest of moves, but it kept us safe.  The water all drained
>> out of the cockpit, and none got
>> into the cabin or bilge. We put the Genny back to about 100% and had no
>> further problems,
>> even though the wind gradually got stronger.
>>
>> I have always thought that weather helm refers to the slight tug on the
>> tiller that means the
>> boat has a slight tendency to want to turn to weather, or into the
>> wind.  That is a safety feature,
>> in that if you let go of the tiller, the boat will turn in the safer
>> direction.
>>
>> The R22 tendency to turn abruptly into the wind seems to me to be
>> exaggerated compared to
>> other boats, and I am glad it is.  A function of the flared sides and the
>> general design of the boat?
>>
>> Another newbie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:   Just bent
>> Sent:   Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:32 PM
>> To:     rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject:        Re: [Rhodes22-list] DOB Drill
>>
>> I also have a general sailing question. It seems when I get a gust of
>> wind
>> and heel over too far, the boat spins to weather by itself. Is that
>> normal?
>> I was thinking my rudder was coming out of the water too far or is that
>> what
>> they call weather helm?
>>
>> Jb
>>
>>
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