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  1. Cellobob

    Old sails and tacking?

    Thanks everyone! I look forward to trying these things next time I encounter my nemesis, the 50 year old sunfish! (It's easier on my other two boats, a 16' Wayfarer and a 30' Tartan!)
  2. Cellobob

    Old sails and tacking?

    The spars are on the port side.
  3. Cellobob

    Old sails and tacking?

    Hi everyone, newbie here. I’m at a camp on a lake with an old Alcort Sunfish, with probably an original sail. Things are ok when winds are light, but it’s extremely hard to tack when the wind picks up past 10-15. When I try to come about to a port tack, it just weathervanes back to irons...
  4. Cellobob

    Uncontrollable weather helm on port tack

    I'm no longer with the boat, but I'll be back in a few weeks. Here is a photo:
  5. Cellobob

    Uncontrollable weather helm on port tack

    Is there somewhere to find the specific distances?
  6. Cellobob

    Uncontrollable weather helm on port tack

    Well, I’m not sure; it may have been higher. I’ll try lower tomorrow! I don’t understand the gooseneck idea. The gooseneck just slides up and down the mast, no fore/aft adjusting.
  7. Cellobob

    Uncontrollable weather helm on port tack

    Hi there, I’m a newbie sailor. I have sailed Solings a little, and a wayfarer. I’m on vacation, and there’s an old Sunfish. I went out, probably gusts to 15, and I was doing ok. But, when close hauled on port tack there was uncontrollable weather helm. Starboard tack was no problem. Ideas...

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