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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 06-05-2021, 08:12
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Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Bit of an older thread at this point. When I began the discussion I was deep in to solving these issues and had time to deal with it. As often happens, real life got to me and I was pulled away...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 08-09-2020, 06:34
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Thanks for your comment. This was a picture taken when we launched and the waterline has changed quite significantly since this time and since the start of this thread. As a result, there is quite...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 08-09-2020, 06:28
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Thanks for the comments. Couple of things to consider...

Kind of difficult to see in this picture due to the shadows but she is sitting pretty high in the stern here. This is one reason you can...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 06-09-2020, 08:50
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

That is awesome! You are the first person I have made contact with who has any first hand knowledge of these boats. I would be very interested to know if you can confirm for me my suspicion that...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 06-09-2020, 08:42
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Some folks have asked for pictures and believe it or not, I dont have much and none that I felt were helpful to the discussion. Kids pointing at dolphins not too helpful in this case. Having said...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2020, 14:49
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

I had not thought about that... I kinda wanted to replace the boomkins anyway.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2020, 14:13
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Please disregard that rambling about extending the forefoot. I reviewed some video of launching and yeah... Thats not going to work.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2020, 13:59
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

TrentePieds, thank you for your time and response. Quite a bit to cover here and I dont want to waste your time but I want to respond to your post.

Firstly, I hear what you are saying about the...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2020, 11:09
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

You are correct, it does not add up. Nothing is supposed to be this way. That is the whole point. I like you believed that no way could a boat be this poorly unbalanced by design but everything I...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 31-08-2020, 20:44
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

What happens with no headsail on a windy day? On the wind you move forward kinda balanced with a whole bunch of leeway

I can give you a story of an extreme example... I had not had the boat long...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 31-08-2020, 20:27
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Reefed main and at first just the staysail but that was woefully unbalanced so I reefed the staysail. It was still unbalanced so I let the reefed staysail luff and the lee helm persisted.
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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 30-08-2020, 19:02
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Thank you all again for the help and insight. I certainly appreciate the "teach a man to fish" approach but having said that, I also appreciate Tanns post and math assistance.

So it has taken...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-08-2020, 11:04
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Thank you all again for the replies and help. Trentepieds, that is quite a post and I will be doing that after I have re-read the post a few times lol. before I get to that I would like to address...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-08-2020, 19:58
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
Re: please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Thank you both for your replies. I have considered the rake of the mast and have pulled it back as far as I can and still have it sitting flush on the deck. To get it further back I would have to...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 20-08-2020, 16:19
Replies: 80
Views: 14,505
Posted By Tarnacc
please help diagnose lee helm ocean voyager 26

Hello all,

A couple of years ago we purchased an early model Ocean Voyager 26 https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/voyager-26and after some work and refitting put it back in the water. After having...
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