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by Nick Vass
Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Forum: Shooting the breeze
Topic: Firling 24
Replies: 4
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Firling 24. Built in Norway around 1972/3. Large interior as they do not have side decks. Sim to an Anderson 22 but not lifting keel.
23'8". Outboard motors
Bit late. Nick
by Nick Vass
Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:45 pm
Forum: Shooting the breeze
Topic: Weather helm CE & CLR
Replies: 7
Views: 6353

Weatherhelm is the tendency for a yacht to round up into the wind. If the helmsman has to pull the tiller towards him or her to make the boat go in a straight line then the boat is said to ‘carry weatherhelm’. The hull of a Hurley 22 turns on a point called the Centre of Lateral Resistance CLR. ...