Recent content by wlmlaw

Tom, we have met but for one reason or another, have never had a chance to talk and exchange pleasantries. Your performance in the Charlotte FL masters, which featured very high winds impressed me. (you won in the Force 5-6 conditions) I remember trying to do a 720 following a port tack...

Derrick and Paul, You both seems to agree that the new rudder is trying to solve a problem that is not the result of the old rudder but the result of some sailors failing to keep the boat at the proper sailing angle in heavy going. When they can not "keep it up" or heal in the puffs...

Tom, I do not understand your point at all. The lateen rig with the adjustable gooseneck solves the weather helm issue up to force 5 winds, which is about the maximum we ever race in. If you have weather helm it means that your rig is not adjusted properly. It does not matter what the...

This is my responce to an email where Chris Williams requested comments on a new design for the rudder in order to "reduce weather helm" as the primary benefit of the new design. 8/24/2009 Chris, I am shocked that those proposing a new rudder to "reduce weather helm" are so...

I learned how to sail in moths during the 60's in Margate, NJ. It so happens that the roots of the class in the US were in nearby Atlantic City, NJ. The best short history of the US class is found in WoodenBoat Nov/Dec 1980 at page 104. (I can fax a copy. Contact me at [email protected]) By...