[quote=Wolfman]I probably would avoid raking it too much 8-12 inches is more than enough, with the volume in the hulls you will get better performance with a more powered up rig.
The reason the Hobie 16s and 14s rake back so far is that the only thing slowing them down is the tendancy to dive the bows. The relatively light and the small volume hulls have very little drag. So even though they are losing some power by raking the mast back, it allows them to trim a much fuller sail and that added power more than makes up for the power loss due to rake. The downside is that you gain a pile of weather helm also.
In the Prindles case you don't have to contend with as much tendancy to pitch pole so you can keep the mast straighter have the same amount of power with better steering and less weather helm.[/quote]
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