Just looked - Pegathy's mast is in the middle of the step, spacers on both sides. She's got a bit of lee helm in very light air. Goes away quickly as the wind comes up.
Seems to me that more rake increases weather helm when the forestay is slacked, backstay tightened, and the mast step doesn't move - the normal way to add rake. Seems to me that if you keep the masthead in the same place and move the step forward, the sail area and center of effort would have to move forward. Euclidean geometry. That should decrease weather helm. 'Course if you move the step forward and the head aft, anything can happen. I usually fall down when that happens. Dan SheerPegathy LF38Rock Creek off the Patapsco
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