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Date Posted: - Thursday - 06/29/06 - 7:34pm
Author: Will Holoman
Author Host/IP: host2.brwncald.com / 65.198.3.2
Subject: Lee helm?
In reply to: Randall 's message, "Gotcha!" on - Thursday - 06/29/06 - 3:05pm

My wheel has a brass cap on the handle that points upward when the rudder is straight. As the wind pipes up, I have to compensate for the mizzen by turning the brass cap toward the downwind side of the boat (port on a starboard tack). Is this lee or weather helm?

I know it's time to reef (or douse) when the cap points straight down.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> lee vs weather -- Randall, - Thursday - 06/29/06 - 8:40pm (c-69-181-46-182.hsd1.ca.comcast.net/69.181.46.182)

Think of it this way. On a close reach, if the bow wants to go into the wind (to weather) and you need to employ helm to correct this, that correction is weather helm. Conversely, if the bow tends to move off with the wind, and you need to employ helm to correct it, that's lee helm.

My guess is the term originated when tillers were the rule. So, if you have to pull the tiller to windward to keep your course, it's weather helm; to leeward, it's lee helm.

What you describe above is weather helm.

(It's confusing.)

RR

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