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The Voyageur is a good vane. I know of three installations, two of
which are in the midst of their life-time voyages. One is in the Med.,
and the other should be in the Bahamas by now. Both traveled from Lake
Superior via the St. Lawrence. The Med boat is a Mason 43, and the
Carib. boat is an Alberg 37. I helped with an installation on a Mason
33, and I was very impressed with the quality of the finish and ease of
trimming the vane. It will be the one we use on our Cape Dory 30 in 2
years.
Larry DeMers
s/v DeLaMer
Letsgosailing wrote:
> 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?
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> see if it will go trough this time, there it goes:
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> 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).
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> Yanni Marinated
> S/V Princess Thalia
> Hamilton
> www.yannismarine.ca
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