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TakeFive
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Initially Posted - 05/04/2011 :  11:57:48  Show Profile
After bringing my ballast under the A-berth up to ~300 lbs. I've finally got "Take Five" pretty close to floating on her lines. I still need to de-winterize/shock/fill the water tank, which will bring the bow down a slight bit more.

At this point my mast rake is still around 7", a bit more than the 4" recommended in the manual. Before I de-tension my rig and start over from scratch with a shortened forestay, I thought I'd ask your guys how important this is. Are any of you sailing with more rake than recommended? What are the plusses/minuses of this?
Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 05/04/2011 :  12:15:04  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
We follow the manual guidelines, but we do haul in the backstay as we have found that improves our handling.

Paul
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/04/2011 :  12:21:00  Show Profile
The more rake, the more weather helm. How's yours?
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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 05/04/2011 :  16:15:55  Show Profile
We follow the factory recommendation and it works well.
Edited by - Nautiduck on 05/04/2011 16:17:32
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