After moving ballast into the front of the ship, it is still a bit lee-lurch. During the test sailing off the coast of Lagavulin, I was on board the escort ship, from which it was easier to see how the ship was sailing. The weather was calm and the water was relatively flat, making it easy to determine how the ship lay in the waterline. The crew were at their stations and it was clear that the hull lay well in the waterline, neither too much to fore or aft.
So the lee-lurching is not due to the distribution of weight on the ship, but must be caused by the rig. The mast was leaning a bit forwards when we left Roskilde, and because of this we took care when we tightened the rig during the first four weeks of sailing, only tightening shrouds and aftstay and not the forestay. None the less the mast was still clearly leaning forward.
When we came ashore, the forestay was slackened about 10 centimetres and the aftstay and the shrouds were tightened.
Later test sailing has shown that the ship now is in balance.
Here you can read the latest diaries on the Sea Stallion's voyage to Dublin.
The ships' balance is fine
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