I had a wonderful crew member (and beautiful woman) who totally unbalanced my (then) Cal 20! l really hated to see her go. Haunts me to this day! I guess I should have had a bigger C&C. Rick Paikea 37+ BREMERTON, WA
Rick Rohwer 509 306 1094 > On Aug 20, 2019, at 10:18, Rob Ball via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Surely the shrouds are always the same length, so you can see the turnbuckles > to make sure the two sides are similar. > For many years I was told our boats leaned to one side or the other, and that > I should plan on getting them to lean to starboard (the favored tack in the > Bermuda Race) . . . but the interiors are never symmetrical, and tankage is > worse . . . > Probably the important thing is that the mast lines up with the keel. The > keel mounting could be out 1/4 of a degree and it would be a real project to > measure that and get the mast to match. > Suffice to say, that differences from one tack or the other can be caused by > a number of factors . . . . > I dealt with a 150 yacht last year, and they had the same problem. It > eventually turned out the foil shape on one side of the rudder was slightly > different than the foil shape on the other, and the result was a starboard > tack bias . . . . . . . > So, you might check your keel foils and rudder foils for symmetry . . . . and > check that the rudder lines up with the keel . . . . Indeed a bit more > complicated than measuring shrouds . . . > > > Rob Ball > C&C 34 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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