[Rhodes22-list] Lee helm

[Rick]

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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> 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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> > 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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