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Hi Alicat and welcome . We have a 8m the sail area is fairly small for the size of boat and weight . I don't think you will find mast rake has much effect . If your new rigging is the same as original the rake will not have much more than a few degrees of adjustment. A doghouse might have more effect if you take the mast back much pulling the main in tight will find the boom scraping the dog house! Depending on the rudder arrangement ,drop downs, fixed, fixed with skegs. You might find when the wind gets up to 6 or 7 drop down on both 8 and 9 m can have a fair bit of weather helm I have altered our drop down rudder to have more balance by taking a little of the back and added 1 3/4inch on the leading edge, which has eased the weather helm to a point where swmbo can actually control the helm in a 7 A few hours in a 7 on the helm can lead to forearms like Popeye.
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