Sailing Tip of the Week: Weather Helm vs Lee Helm- and how to use them

9:10 PM Tue 22 Jun 2010 GMT

'no weather helm, no lee helm' . Click Here to view large photo

Here Grant Headifen continues his sailing tips, this time considering Weather Helm vs Lee Helm: During the Americas' Cup campaign in New Zealand in 2003, I saw one of the best explanations of this on a TV interview with the Greg Butterworth, the Tactician for the Alingi Team, but the concepts are very useful for the cruising sailor. Most of us sort of understand the concept and we've been left with the answer of 'Well - weather helm is better because it's safer.' But few explanations go into how it gives your boat a sailing advantage. The definition of weather ...

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by Grant Headifen