Thanks, Howard. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Audsley" <haudsley@tranquility.net> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: M17 Performance On 4/23/02 9:52 PM, "Honshells" <chonshell@ia4u.net> wrote:
Is the M17 more prone to weather, or lee helm, if either?
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If tuned properly, weather helm. I think the MSOG has a section on this written my Jerry, and there have been similar references by others. I recently discovered that my spinnaker halyard was in the bottom (wrong) hole on the masthead, and swapping that position with the forestay gained me about an inch of forestay length, which lets me rake the mast back more. I was maxed out on my turnbuckle and couldn't go farther. Now I know why. With only a few degrees to work with, an inch makes a lot of difference. Howard _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats