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Jerry
I have a 1993 26' Classic with wheel steering and a 150% genoa. I'm not very experienced.Recently we were on a port tack with 20+ knot winds, 2' to 3' waves. All sails were out and the centerboard was down. I cranked the wheel to port to tack and the boat slowly went to port but wouldn't even go into irons and eventually started going slowly to starboard. When I cranked the wheel starboard the boat eventually started going to port. This has happened one other time in much light winds. Another boat on the lake had the same problem that day. The sailer is more experienced but this was a new boat to him and it wasn't a MacGregor. By the way, the winds were coming from a direction that was unusual for this lake.Rather than get into trouble, I finally turned on the engine and powered out of the problem.So, what took place? What am I doing wrong? How can I overcome this problem? I've heard that MacGregors do sail a little differently when it comes to the weather helm. Thanks for your help.