weather helm - The tendency of a boat to head up toward the eye of the wind. The opposite of lee helm.
west wind, westerly wind. - Wind coming from west.
west - One of the 4 cardinal compass points. West is at 270° on a compass card.
Weather helm- A tendency to head into the wind.
Wheel- Steering mechanism.
Whisker pole- A pole attached to the mast, booming out the jib.
Weather helm A boat has weather helm when it has a tendency to turn up into the wind.
Weather side The side upon which the wind is blowing.
Weather tide Where the tide is making against the wind.
weather helm - The helm or tiller hauled to windward when a vessel owing to too much after sail has an inclination to fly up in the wind.
WEATHER HELM-A sailboat in which the tiller must be pulled (usually only slightly) toward the wind to keep it on course.
WEATHER SIDE-Windward side of a sailboat.
Weather helm -- A vessel is said to carry weather helm when she has a tendency to fly up in the wind.
Weathering -- If one vessel eats to windward of another, she is said to weather on her. Weathering an object is passing it on the windward side.
weather helm: the natural tendency of a sailboat to turn toward the wind, which the helmsman feels as the tiller tries to turn to leeward.
WEATHER HELM A condition in which the tiller must be held toward the windward side of a sailing vessel in order to maintain course. A slight amount (3 to 7 degrees) is desirable.
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Balance - The degree to which all the forces on a boat are symmetrical so the vessel sails with just a slight weather helm.
Her heavy weather helm is cured in the short term by shortening sail aft and in the long term by re stepping masts aft, creating more sail space forward and by trimming the keel.
Generally that would create some weather helm but in a narrow boat like this weather helm is seldom a problem. The spreaders are swept 21 degrees on this double spreader rig.
WEATHER HELM - A ship is said to carry weather helm when she has a tendency to come up into the wind, and requires the tiller to be kept to windward so as to counteract this.
WHIP - A purchase formed by a rope rove through a single block.
Without undue strain. When there is very little weather helm or lee helm the boat has an easy helm. If the boat is not rolling or pitching, she has an easy motion.
ebb, ebb tide
See tide.
Your rudder position indicator (if the boat has one) shows more than 10°/15°of weather helm
If you do not have a rudder position indicator, you can feel it because you are fighting the steering wheel hard to keep the boat from going into the wind ...
Lee helm: The tendency of a sailboat to turn the bow to leeward, compared to weather helm, unless corrective rudder action is taken.
Leeward: Toward the lee.
Leeway: Sideways drift of a boat, primarily caused by the wind or current.
Letting out the traveler also reduces boat heel and weather helm, the tendency of most sailboats to turn toward the wind with a gust.
An adjustable section of the rudder that allows the rudder to be corrected for lee helm or weather helm.
Trimaran
A boat with a center hull and two smaller outer hulls called amas. Also see catamaran and monohull.
If heeling further then 15 degrees you will experience weather helm. This means you will have to compensate with the rudder to steer a straight course resulting in excessive rudder drag causing the boat to slow down.
 See also: Helm, Boat, Hull, Sail, Wind
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