New sails ....
First thanks to all for the great responses. They confirmed that it is time to replace those old 1979 sails (especially that blown out main). I suspected that most of my weather helm problems were caused by the old main. Just could not flatten it enough in anything over 13 knots, so I did on occasion use twist to spill out, if I was not already reefed when leaving the dock. Just got back from FL and got a chance to see Ed's new 5 batten UK main with extra roach (nice looking sail), now he's got me thinking ???, All of the quotes I got were for 2 + 2 battens. Craig, I modified my topping lift system to allow adjustments when sailing, as on yours, it was set up with a fixed lengh when I purchased the boat last year. BTW, nice to know that there is another H37C just south of here. Richard Rhapsodie
First thanks to all for the great responses. They confirmed that it is time to replace those old 1979 sails (especially that blown out main). I suspected that most of my weather helm problems were caused by the old main. Just could not flatten it enough in anything over 13 knots, so I did on occasion use twist to spill out, if I was not already reefed when leaving the dock. Just got back from FL and got a chance to see Ed's new 5 batten UK main with extra roach (nice looking sail), now he's got me thinking ???, All of the quotes I got were for 2 + 2 battens. Craig, I modified my topping lift system to allow adjustments when sailing, as on yours, it was set up with a fixed lengh when I purchased the boat last year. BTW, nice to know that there is another H37C just south of here. Richard Rhapsodie