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I think that's more what I sense in speed difference. 
In Response To: One of the old guys told me it was my mast ()
Mast center(perhaps even lower shroud centers) plus movable ballast below would simply equate to one tack being stiffer which might make enough of a difference in performance to notice. It could vary with conditions as well.
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- Wondering why she seems happier & faster on starboard tack ...
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- 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
- I think that's more what I sense in speed difference.
- Centering the mast.
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- I think that's more what I sense in speed difference.
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- Maybe a slight asymmetric foil shape of the keel = equals more "lift" one side?