Moving the mast more upright is going to increase lee helm, not reduce it.
Raking the tip of the rudder blade farther aft will also reduce lee helm (if lee helm is on starboard tack, then rake back the port rudder). I would probably start by swapping the rudder blades to the opposite sides of the boat and see if the helm issue switches sides. Note that if doing this, you would need to unbolt the upper rudder castings and keep them on their current sides, since the upper rudder castings are handed.
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