Lee helm

After their modernizations, they tended to suffer from lee helm.

Lee Helm is the tendency of a sailboat to turn away from the wind while under sail.

Lee helm is reduced by using a leeboard or dagger board.

Emien guessed by her lines she would be cursed with a lee helm.

Lee helm is considered dangerous in a sailboat.

Lee helm, starboard engine back full, port engine ahead full."

A small amount of lee helm can be counteracted with the rudder, but this introduces significant drag in the water and slows the boat.

The ships were moderately good sea boats, were very cranky, and suffered from a slight lee helm.

Weather helm is the opposite of Lee Helm.

This behavior is known as the "helm" and is either a weather helm or lee helm.

This aerofoil lift produces helpful motion to windward & the corollary of the reason why lee helm is dangerous.

The German Navy regarded the ship as a good sea boat, with slight lee helm and gentle motion in a swell.

A boat with lee helm will be difficult to sail Close Hauled and tacking may be difficult.

Lee helm, the opposite of weather helm, is generally considered to be dangerous because the vessel turns away from the wind when the helm is released.

Large amounts of lee helm can only be corrected by altering the placement of the mast(s) or keel/centerboard --- a non-trivial venture.

While sailing, if left to its own devices a boat with lee helm will bear (turn) away from the wind, accelerate, and perform an accidental or uncontrolled jibe, perhaps repeatedly.

It also allows sailing on mizzen and jib only without introducing excessive lee helm, and in an emergency can be quite well steered without use of the rudder.

It was obvious to Merlin, and-he felt sure-to Horahs Rowyn, thatDawn 's present sail plan was far from perfectly balanced, and she required far more lee helm than she should have to hold her present course.

The root cause of lee helm is when the center of pressure exerted by the wind on the sails falls too far forward of the center of resistance of the hull-the natural point at which the hull tries to pivot.

A small amount of lee helm can also be cured by raking the mast backward, reducing the size of the Jib on a Sloop rigged boat, or increasing the size of the mizzen sail on a Yawl or a Ketch.

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