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Yesterday afternoon I send an email to the list regarding the solo sailing
and I don't see it. am I missing mail
or something extra terrestrial happened?
see if it will go trough this time, there it goes:
Dear list members,
For all of us who are fascinated by need or by adventure of single-handing
there is an essential and
necessary tool for single-handing or short-handed sailors.
You guessed right.... it is the windvane.
Well, I am interested on a windvane for quite some time and I read few
publications on self-steering
sailvessel. A couple of months ago there was an extensive article of
comparison pros and cons of different
self-steering windvanes. I was not really satisfied with any of them
because of the complicated installation
and required hours of work. And!!! they didn't mention that one.
There was the Toronto international boat show all last week and I took
days of work to be able to see
things that I missed the first and second and third time.
So, I did go every single day. Interesting products from every
manufacturer, trying to attract your attention
and score some sales.
As I was walking up and down the aisles I would have just missed it by a
fraction of a second.
I couldn't take my eyes of a gorgeous creature, he was right across from
her.
Accidentally turned around and my eye caught the windvane. I looked at it
with interest and more interest.
It was something like you don't see it very often and unless you have some
engineering design and
sailing background you really have to look at it carefully to realize what
a simple design and structurally solid
piece of work this windvane is.
So I started talking to the fellow (his name is Peter) and to cut the long
story short I was so impressed that
I am buying one. The good thing is that fits right under the autopilot
gear. Also, there is an autopilot size issue
when you have a big and heavy boat. Not here, you can set the 1000
Autohelm or smallest Simrad right
on the windvane. No torque at all is needed to move it port to starboard.
Not only the design is excellent but there are few moving parts (less
friction) and can fit in any type of
transom/stern assembled from two to four hours. No damage to the boat and
tiller or wheel. With mechanical remote control so I don't have to go
overboard to adjust it to the wind.
The price? More excellent than the design, without compromising the
materials and looks. It fits like a glove.
The "Voyager Windvane" as it is named after all of us it is manufactured
with CNC precision in Cambridge, Ontario
Canada and can be shipped anywhere in the world.
Check it out at www.voyagerwindvanes.com and let me know what you think, I
want opinions.
I was so impressed I spend the rest of the week in his booth learning more
and more about it and take opinions from potential customers (actually
quite a few).
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
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