"Robert glad to hear you go the problem solved.
mike"
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Julie Rachelle
- Female
- Vero Beach, FL
- United States
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- Profile Type:
- Sailor
- Homeport:
- Fort Myers
- About Me:
- I am a 32 year old female that just dove head first into buying my first sailboat. I bought a 38' Westwind made by Vagabond Yacht. Please send me any advise you may have for a novice sailor. I am looking forward to repairing and working on my boat and of course sailing it.
- Current location:
- Vero Beach
- Destinations visited:
- Naples, Florida and Fort Myers Beach, Florida on my sailboat. In the Navy Rota, Spain; Cypress and Rhodes, Greece, Dubai, Tunis, Tunisia in Africa; Italy, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Dominican Republic,
- Looking to:
- Circumnavigate starting at Florida through the Panama Canal and to the Far East first.
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"Thanks for all your comments my friends at Seaknots.
The halyard has been rerun without passing through the small stainless steel eye, as seen easily in the pic provided by Chris on 17th August.
All furling now takes place without any undue effort,…"
"Well at least you’ve narrowed it down to the Genoa. I doubt here’s any issue with the hull or running gear. Nor do I think the slight list you have will have an impact either as many boats have the same based on how full the water and or…"
"In the meanwhile, I performed some sailing tests trying to be as impartial as possible.
I was sailing close hauled on the starboard and port side. I used the autopilot steering the boat at 37 degrees to the apparent wind. Apparent wind was 12 to 19…"
"Sounds like your rigging may be in need of tuning?????
(Owned B43#19 for 10 years), Sailed from Mass to Tampa to Bahamas with it, great boat, no major issues at all. Boat has flat bottom basically so no need to put rails in water. I found it a very…"
"I’d also do a test using only the main. The more testing you do the more likely you’ll find the problem. I’d also check to see how much the leeward shrouds sag during all the tests. Let us know what you find. Good luck
Mike"
"It is only when sailing close-hauled. Unfortunately, this is the only course, where performance really matters.
I‘m going to perform two tests:
- Sailing with genoa only (track cars on the same position). In this case any (unequal) trim…"
"Our 43 had a shaft drive. Depending on how much water or fuel that was in her she would sometimes have a very small imbalance. Nothing that would cause her to sail unevenly. Do you have the problem on all points of sail? Is it more on any particular…"
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Good luck with your new vessel. I have stopped in Vero a few times on my travels down the ICW. Now anchored in Key West and loving it. Then maybe on to the Bahamas.
Hi Julie :D
I hope She takes you many miles :)
Craig
Wow, nice looking boat. Hope you are not in dept over your head.Of course you escape to Tahiti and forget to pay your bills, hehehehe. Good sailig kid
Your boat look absolutely fantastic.
When in Australia, you can come and sail with us.
H