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One other thing, the main sail shape may be somewhat different on the two tacks with the sail reefed, since on most boats, the reefing tack cringle will be brought down to a cringle hook on one side of the gooseneck, leading to an asymetrical sail setup. The sail's reefing clew cringle is often also biased a bit to one side or another, depending on how the reefing lines are lead.
These differences in the reefed mainsail's shape could also account for the differences.
Nolatom's point about trying the test in lighter wind, with less swell/chop, an unreefed mainsail, and preferably with no current... and see what happens.
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