[quote=skarr1]If your rudders are not all the way down you will have weather helm. I have had problems getting my rudders to stay all the way down when it is real windy. They don't have to be up very much to cause a problem. If just one was part way up this could explain the different feel on opposite tacks. Also the dagger boards will have an effect on helm. Raking the mast back will cause more weather helm. The rig should be loose enough for the mast to rotate just past 90deg.
Your tiller bars from the rudders to the cross bar should be straight or have about a 5deg. bend on each toward the center of the boat. The bend corrects the ackerman angle "inner rudder has to turn sharper than the outer" <!-- editby --><em>edited by: skarr1, Sep 28, 2009 - 09:44 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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