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I always get the same feeling on a boat I've sailed a lot. 
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It must be true to some extent. There's no way perfect symmetry could be achieved above and below the water on a boat. Still the feeling seems strong at times to me.
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- Wondering why she seems happier & faster on starboard tack ...
- Maybe a slight asymmetric foil shape of the keel = equals more "lift" one side?
- Placement of knotmeter?
- I always get the same feeling on a boat I've sailed a lot.
- Propeller?
- Another issue is the "apparent" relative wind angle
- On the best boat I ever owned, it was the same sort of thing. Never figured it out.
- One of the old guys told me it was my mast
- Time for a Submarine story?
- Maybe a slight asymmetric foil shape of the keel = equals more "lift" one side?