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1. uksailmakers.ie › how-to-establish-optimal-mastHow to Establish Optimal Mast Rake - UK Sailmakers Ireland

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   Jul 3, 2021 · If you have zero degrees mast rake, your mast is standing straight up. 3 degrees of rake would indicate your mast is leaning aft at a 3-degree angle. A negative rake would have it leaning forward (an unusual circumstance for most boats unless you’re a catamaran).

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3. marinepartshop.com › guide-boat-running-lightsBoat Running Lights: Guide To 10 Most Important Types & Uses

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   Mar 19, 2024 · Running lights—comprising red (port), green (starboard), and white (stern and masthead) lights—serve to indicate the size of the vessel, the direction in which it is proceeding, and whether it is at anchor, providing crucial information to other vessels to prevent collisions.

4. www.sailmagazine.com › cruising › what-mast-rake-isWhat Mast Rake is All About - Sail Magazine

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   Aug 2, 2016 · Rake is determined and set during design and can help in getting the right lead (pronounced “leed”), or the correct distance between the rig’s nominal center of effort (CE) and the hull’s center of lateral plane (CLP), for proper helm balance. After launching, mast rake can be used to adjust the lead should helm balance be a problem.

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5. www.riggingdoctor.com › life-aboard › 2017/11/27Masthead Fore-Aft Positioning - Rigging Doctor

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   Nov 30, 2017 · The position of the masthead in a fore-aft position to the mast step (also known as rake) is an important point of adjustment for sail handeling. If the masthead is too far forward, the boat will suffer from lee helm, the desire for the boat to turn downwind.

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   Mar 18, 2022 · You’ll want more rake in light air when it is hard to generate helm and less as the breeze builds. For boat setup and trim, adding rake is a tool for generating power in light air, and reducing rake is part of the de-powering process in heavy air.

7. forums.sailinganarchy.com › threads › reasons-whyReasons why increasing mast rake improves pointing

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   Feb 7, 2021 · Mast rake & weather helm help pointing through a number of interrelated ways. First, with weather helm, the boat naturally only wanders off course to windward and the helm just has to provide constant, small corrections down to keep the boat moving.

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   Should I use a rake on my Boat?

   • If the boat has a tendency to lee helm, a truly horrible affliction, then more rake will almost certainly help. If you have not sailed the boat before, or don’t know what the rake was set to when you did, then a good place to start is one fore and aft mast diameter of rake. On no account set the rake to less than one half a mast diameter.

   Rig Tuning, Part 2—Understanding Rake and Bend

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   How does rake work on a sailboat?

   • When you add rake to the mast, you tilt the whole sail plan aft. This, in turn, shifts the power aft, pushing more load on the stern and forcing the bow up into the wind, creating weather helm. Rake is determined by headstay length: The longer the headstay, the greater the rake. To adjust your rake, adjust the length of the headstay.

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   How do you rake a boat aft?

   • You can crank down on the backstay to move the tip of the mast aft, but that basically creates more prebend and not rake. That prebend, when attempting to depower the boat, can have the same effect on the centre of effort, but not as dramatically as if you were to shorten the headstay and reset the mast’s angle of rake.

   How to Establish Optimal Mast Rake - UK Sailmakers Ireland

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   Does a rake angle affect a boat's performance?

   • Just as having the right headsail can dramatically change the performance of your boat as the wind increases or decreases, so can adjusting your angle of rake. Most boats will set up to a base, heavy or light setting at the beginning of the day and not make adjustments as the day progresses.

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   How much rake does a boat need?

   • Rake is determined by headstay length: The longer the headstay, the greater the rake. To adjust your rake, adjust the length of the headstay. How much rake a boat needs to generate the right amount of weather helm is a function of hydrodynamics (hull form, keel shape, and placement).

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   What is mast rake?

   • Mast rake is the angle at which a mast slopes aft from vertical as viewed from the side. In the rare event that a mast is raked forward it is said to have forward rake. For reasons that aren't fully understood, most boats seem to sail best with a bit of rake. They also look better, to most eyes anyway.

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9. www.morganscloud.com › 2018/06/03 › rig-tuning-partRig Tuning, Part 2—Understanding Rake and Bend

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   Rake is the amount the top of the mast is further aft than vertical. Bend is the amount the centre of the mast is deflected forward from a straight line drawn from masthead to mast butt. That said, from now on we will measure both rake and bend at the gooseneck, just above the boom.