Good point! We need to know as the wind builds do you need to push the tiller up wind or downwind to keep her tracking? If you release the tiller which direction does the boat go, head into the wind or turn to run off the wind? The correction for helm is mast rake and a little goes a long way on a well designed boat. Did you make any changes to the mast position or has it always been the same and the handling as wind increases the same?
Joe McCary Aeolus II, West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Shaddock .But you say you're dragging a tiller through the water, which seems to me you're fighting a lee helm and turning the rudder to keep from bearing off, not a weather helm-and if that's the case, and your mast is vertical, you've moved your center of effort forward instead of aft where you want it.
