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Post by baalloo on Jul 15, 2007 2:28:46 GMT
 I have a 2000 SO 43 DS. I am having serious problems with the boat rounding up in a slight breeze. It is very dramatic and all the people with experience say that the boat shouldn't be rounding up so badly. It is a fairly decent sized rudder and I'm just wondering if anyone has any ideas. I've ground the rudder stops to get more travel, but it hasn't helped.
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Post by MartyB on Jul 16, 2007 1:03:19 GMT
No you should NOT round up in a breeze, or at least not dramatically!
Personally I do not think it is a rudder issue. More like a rig balance issue. Ie the sail area center point is too far back. You might try having a rigger make sure the rig is tight enough. Or if you have a back stay adjuster, crank it back a bit. Their is also some sail adjustments you can do to help, ie loosen the halyards some in certain conditions that will move the center of effort a bit forward.
Marty
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Post by gerki on Jul 16, 2007 15:00:34 GMT
I had this happen to me, but in 12-14 m/s (25-30 knots) in 90 to 110 degrees of true wind. Two reefs in the main and rolling in a bit of the genua made the trick and she were very balanced again. If you have a furling main it should be pretty easy to find a good balance.
Lessoned learned: I'll reef at an earlier stage.
/Gert
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Post by Zanshin on Oct 12, 2007 6:46:50 GMT
baalloo - I had the same types of problems with my 2002 43DS. In addition, I had a noticeable difference in speed and pointing ability on port and starboard tacks. I assumed the differences were due to boat loading and that the rounding problems were that I hadn't balanced my sheets correctly.
Then my rudder broke off at sea.
Ever since I've had the new replacement rudder installed all those aforementioned problems have gone away! The story of the rudder is posted somewher in this forum, dated earlier this year.
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