So that's what I'd like to fix on my Catalina 27' Tall Rig sloop.
Tacking up wind, I have a nice comfortable weather helm on starboard tack, and then ~an equally strong lee helm on port tack. This is reproducible, and not do to changes in wind strength as I change tacks.
When I hauled it 2 years ago, the keel appeared nice and straight, nothing obviously wrong with the rudder, (the keep was so loaded up with barnacles it sailed lousy before that haul out, but I don't remember noticing this helm thing until this past summer).
I redid the bow spirit this past Spring, but it appears nice and straight-
And I've done a rough check that the mast is straight without any athwartship lean, just running a halyard to one side, then the other.
What else should I be looking for to correct the lee helm on port tack?
Thanks for your thoughts-
Tacking up wind, I have a nice comfortable weather helm on starboard tack, and then ~an equally strong lee helm on port tack. This is reproducible, and not do to changes in wind strength as I change tacks.
When I hauled it 2 years ago, the keel appeared nice and straight, nothing obviously wrong with the rudder, (the keep was so loaded up with barnacles it sailed lousy before that haul out, but I don't remember noticing this helm thing until this past summer).
I redid the bow spirit this past Spring, but it appears nice and straight-
And I've done a rough check that the mast is straight without any athwartship lean, just running a halyard to one side, then the other.
What else should I be looking for to correct the lee helm on port tack?
Thanks for your thoughts-