The centreboard looks to be way too small – but this shouldn't really affect the helm balance that much – it should simply mean that when you try...
Remember the 100% foretriangle is a triangle with the foot from where the forestay attaches to the stem (bowsprit in this case), horizontal back...
I did a VERY rough sketch of your sail plan and underwater profile. I emphasize the VERY! [ATTACH] This shows the CE leading the CLA by about...
Oh dear – all this is pretty well known ... CLA (CLR) is the geometric centre of area of the underwater profile, including the centreboard. A...
The length of the lower spreaders limits the genoa sheeting angle by virtue of the wires coming down to the deck, not because the genoa chafes on...
Well cap shrouds with six times the load of the intermediate shrouds would be an unusual arrangement and it didn't seem as if the rig of this boat...
Spreader length controls the angle the upper part of the shrouds make with the mast. So the lower spreaders control the angle the upper part of...
