[quote=shortyfox]Increasing the mast rake a just small amount won't require all the changes that Carl2 mentioned. You'll just have to lengthen the forestay and there are many ways to do that. If the boat is already balanced with the desired weather helm, don't do it. It will also lower your boom clearance which isn't very much on a H16 to begin with. It will slightly change the sheeting angle of the jib, you may have to use a different hole on the clew plate to compensate. As far as pitch-poling goes, a small change won't make that much difference when the boat is sailed properly. Murray's used to sell these anti-pitch pole foils which look very easy to install. They may still sell them and I'd be very curious to hear from someone who's tried them.[/quote]
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