[Rhodes22-list] weather helm vs lee helm

[Susan Crane]

I have the 175 but rarely use all of it. 

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Susan Crane VMD

> On Jun 4, 2018, at 4:29 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 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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