31 Jul
2011
31 Jul
'11
6:45 p.m.
Curious for everyone (M15 sailors) to sound off where you set the mast rake? I have been sailing TwoCan with the mast about 5-8 degrees aft. It would seem to me that this would provide better pointing performance and less weather helm, but giving up some peformance on a run. What I experienced in Monterey was I was really fighting the tiller after rounding the bouy, and I know from looking over the transom it wasn't kelp stuck on my rudder. Oh, and my foresail that day was a lapper. Jerry: I'm thinking about a way to rig a back stay with a turnbuckle to adjust just a little more bend in the mast. I know you designed the M15 to not require one, but have you ever heard of anyone making that modification? Thanks, -Neil