Hey all, I’m trying to tune the rig on my 26’ BCC, which is a Lyle Hess–a smaller version of the 28’. Anyway, my question is about how much rake is typical for these boats?
My mast seems to “want” to sit with a fair bit of rake in it naturally–if I use the main halyard as a plum bob, it hangs perhaps 8"-10" aft of the mast at the boom. If I tighten the headstay, it puts a forward curve into the mast, even with all lowers slackened. And ain’t right, as they say.
I read through an earlier post on here about weather helm, and I’m definitely a victim of the old, bagged-out sail problem, coupled with a large main and small forward sails. All of which makes it hard to judge the amount of rake for my mast by sailing her and seeing what works.
I want to get the rake close to correct so that I can get good measurements for new sails.
Many thanks for any thoughts on this!
Jon