Beschrijving

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Weather helm is the tendency of sailing vessels to turn towards the source of wind, creating an unbalanced helm that requires pulling the tiller to windward (i.e. ’to weather’) in order to counteract the effect. Weather helm is the opposite of Lee Helm.When a vessel is heeling, the lee side of the hull is more under water than the weather side. The resulting shape of the submerged part of the hull in this condition usually creates a force (a turning moment) that pushes the bow to weather so that it is necessary to pull the tiller to weather to counteract this force. Since a weather helm requires pulling the rudder through the water at an angle to the intended course, it produces drag and retards the boat’s progress through the water. In the book \