E37 Weather Helm fix
Date: November 24, 1999
From: Mike Miller capnmike_s@yahoo.com
After moving the genoa tack forward onto the bowsprit and adding a larger staysail, I found the weather helm, while reduced, was still too strong...After checking out the hull design, I taped a triangular piece of construction foam in the "cutaway" aft of the keel, after first sanding off the bottom paint, and glassed it in with several layers of biaxial cloth, thus effectively lengthening the keel some 18". (I didn't cut into the hull, figuring if this didn't work I could just cut the addition off with a chisel and sander) ...
Voila! No more excessive weather helm! She probably turns a tad slower, although I haven't noticed much difference, but most of the really strong weather-helm is gone! (total project cost about $35)
Date: November 25, 1999
From: Phil Johnson Flipper1@erols.com
I understand how filling in the cut away would improve the boats tracking, but the aft lift strap is usualy placed just forward of the prop, and aft of the keel, and that seems to be where you have filled in. How do you haul out?
