[Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm

[Lowe, Rob]

Susan,
What head sail do you have?  I had the 175 and have found the 135 to be more manageable in big wind gusts. - rob


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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Susan Crane
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2018 4:19 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm

I do have the IMF. And don’t know the answer to your question on big gusts.  I would have been too distracted in that instance to think about it.  It is not my practice to be out in big wind 😃.  For the type of sailing that I do, this really isn’t a big deal. It is just the principle of the thing that it bothers me.  I would like the boat to be right. 
 
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Susan Crane

> On Jun 4, 2018, at 4:06 PM, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Raking the mast back should increase weather helm, but if you have IMF 
> that may not be possible.  What if you get a big gust and start to get 
> knocked over?  Does it still stay with lee helm?  It should transition 
> to more of a weather helm as it heels.
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Susan Crane <scranevmd at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I do understand the concept and have seen that article.  Apparently 
>> adjusting the sails is not sufficient to correct my lee helm.  Even 
>> with a full main and very small jib, it still tended to go downwind 
>> or am I missing something.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Hank
>> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 3:54 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm
>> 
>> Here's an article on it that may help.
>> 
>> http://www.schoolofsailing.net/weather-helm-and-lee-helm.html
>> 
>> Hank
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:50 PM, Susan Crane <scranevmd at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Can you give a few more details on what you mean by adjusting the
>> rigging.
>>> My boat has always tended to have a mild lee helm. One day I went 
>>> out and fiddled with sails, weight (eg full vs empty water tank in 
>>> the bow) and
>> the
>>> centerboard and could not get it to sail with weather helm.  I 
>>> didn't
>> know
>>> to adjust the rigging.  So what adjustment would you start with?
>>> 
>>> Susan Crane
>>> s/v Whimsy R22 1986
>>> Bohemia River, Chesapeake Bay, MD
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Graham Stewart
>>> Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 11:13 AM
>>> To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm
>>> 
>>> JimA
>>> My Rhodes has a mild weather helm - as you would want. A lee helm 
>>> means that the sails are out of balance with the boat and this can 
>>> be fixed by adjusting the rigging.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Graham Stewart
>>> Agile. R22, 1976
>>> Kingston Ontario Canada
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>> Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Jim A
>>> Sent: June 4, 2018 7:07 AM
>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm
>>> 
>>> I saw a post somewhere (not here) that stated the Rhodes 22 has lee helm.
>>> Is
>>> this true? I am new here as well as to sailing and looking for my 
>>> 1st and probably last boat. I think the Rhodes would fit the bill. I 
>>> never sailed on a boat with leem helm. Seems frightening..........
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> JimA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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