We went out for our shakedown sail last night in 10kt winds
I had a lot of weather helm close hauled....+/- 3 to 5 degrees off neutral
We just installed a new headstay / furler and I made sure it was 35ft 6in pin to pin
The shrouds were set to 40 uppers and 42 lowers
We went out with the 148% furler genoa + full main
Could the weather helm be due to the lack of halyard tension on the genoa's luff due to the furler?
To how high the genoa is off the deck?
Can it be in the rig tuning?
Or is it all in poor sail set?
In those winds most of you would have gone out with a 163%....I couldn't imagine the weather helm I would have had with that setup / overlap
Thanks
Taras
