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[quote=Edchris177]My buddy, more of a newbie than me, had to fly most of the next 12 days. The wind was pretty strong for my comfort level, so I left the jib off, thinking it would make life simpler. Also I have to return to fairly cramped quarters,& thought having only the main would simplify my life as I came in, spun about, dumped all power, with jumping off to hand steer it into parking spot as my ace in the hole. If the wind is up it would be easy to bang into a rock wall,boat lift etc.
As soon as I discovered it had lee helm, I became very cautious, & didn't leave my home bay,(about 4 miles x 2 miles)I was concerned that if I fell off,(and I was consistently flying a hull on each reach) the boat would sail 30 miles to the far shore. I thought removing the jib should move the center of effort rearward, behind the CLR. Currently it will maintain course on one tack, & head up slightly on the other in 12mph wind. It was quite a difference from the Invitation, that will instantly head up if I release the tiller.
I wondered how much rake you guys were using, & considered raking more, as that should move CE aft.
As I got looking at pictures in Narita yesterday, I came up with two other possibilities.
A) the hulls are not parallel, the bows are wider than the sterns, possibly causing it to want to "pull" towards the hull that is lower in the water.
B) the little rudder rake screws are not set the same, one is way out, the other screwed in tight. 
I can't remember which tack pulled harder. I'm going up tomorrow, the boat is on the lawn with rudders hanging over breakwall, so I can triangulate & see if one rudder is raked further forward. By raking them back a bit, I should increase weather helm.
C) the mount for the tiller is not centered on the tiller tie bar. This may be due to the former owner cutting the tie bar down in order to add the fitting to make it adjustable. 
Thanks for the input. I would also appreciate your comments on my post further down regarding diamond & rigging tension. I don't know how hard I should have to push to get the wires to touch at 12-20"
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