Posted by Folia Grace (fgrace2000@…>)
On the Freedom 36/38s it seems that mast was tilted back maybe 5 deg
aft around 89’ and models after. Does anyone know the reason this was
done? What affect (positive or neg) did this modification have?
Regards,
F.
Posted by lance_ryley (lance_ryley@…>)
In general, mast rake improves the pointing ability of a boat by
moving the center of effort aft. I used to race on a Pearson Wanderer
with a considerably raked mast, and it pointed much better than
a ‘stock’ Wanderer… in fact better than quite a number of other boats
in her class.
The tradeoff is that by moving the ce behind the clr, you also
increase weather helm.
Lance
Bright Star
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Folia Grace”
<fgrace2000@…> wrote:
On the Freedom 36/38s it seems that mast was tilted back maybe 5 deg
aft around 89’ and models after. Does anyone know the reason this
was
done? What affect (positive or neg) did this modification have?Regards,
F.