Dave wrote: - >I got bollixed up and misused "weather helming" >to refer to a boat which was lee cocking. I did >not realize weather helm was an exact substitute >for weathercock. >Does anybody have a link to an authoritative etymology >of these terms? G'Day Dave, Its suprisingly hard to find authoritative definitions let alone etymology. Here's an interesting one from an 1847 text that you've probably seen already, plus a few others. WEATHER HELM & LEE HELM http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Etymology/English/Kipping(1847).html "Weather Helm. - A ship is said to carry a weather helm when she is inclined to come too near the wind, and therefore requires the helm to be kept constantly a little to windward. " The tendency of a boat to head up toward the eye of the wind. The opposite of lee helm. www.terrax.org/sailing/glossary/gw.aspx When the tiller has to be held off the centre line and toward the weather side or wind to keep a boat on its course. www.amya.org/sailmanual/appendix2.html The natural tendency o a sailboat to turn toward the wind, which the helmsman feels as the tiller tries to turn to leeward. www.dungeoneering.net/features.php5 WEATHERCOCKING AND LEECOCKING http://kayakwiki.org/index.php/Weathercocking Weathercocking is the name given to the tendency of a kayak to turn into the wind when moving forward. The opposite of weathercocking is leecocking. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 25 2006 - 05:05:59 PDT
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