With our forestay at its shortest (on the bottle screw) we have a rake of 38cm at the gooseneck. The does seem a lot but as I am not sure what we used to have apart from sailing it and checking the balance of the boat i am not sure. Without cutting the forestay and furler a bit shorter would not know if she performs better with less rake.

Has anyone played around with the rake and found a good angle or know if these boats perform better with a raked or straight mast?

Many thanks.

Tom

I had to ponder a similar situation with my 235 (described here: http://www.parkerseal.org.uk/bbs/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1149 ). I decided to follow the guidance in a rigging book, which was that fractionally-rigged masts with swept spreaders should usually be raked 2 to 3 degrees. Mine is raked a good 3 degrees with no excessive weather helm.

I don't know your boat's mast length, or 'P', but I guess it must be around 12m. If so, 38 cm at the gooseneck would be less than 2 degrees of rake.

Hope that helps.

Anthony Russell

235/02 Sea Wyche