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  1. 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...
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    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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