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STARLINK POST AUF DEM WEG ZU DEN MARQUESAS Tom Baumann CH

PACIFIC SEACRAFT FLICKA 20 – HEADING FOR MARQUESAS Peter, The vane works great. I have been very happy. My outboard work-around has been successful so far. Sailed from Port Townsend, WA to La Paz, Mexico with it so far. Marquesas … Weiterlesen →

HAKKA 100 SAILING 20.000 SM within 14 YEARS Good morning Sir, my Windpilot Pacific is getting a bit old and I will need some Teflon-POM-Delrin spare parts. I am living in France and my boat sailed already about 20 000 … Weiterlesen →

RAISE THE MAIN – RAISE THE KIDS – FROM FIJI TO NEW ZEALAND Sailing with an Orca 38 from British Columbia via San Francisco, Mexiko, French Polynesia, Fiji arriving in New Zealand just recently, reporting about their steering slave some … Weiterlesen →

REPORT FROM LUNENBORG – NOVA SCOTIA The Windpilot arrived in good shape. I’m impressed with its robustness. The castings/machining work is first class. Also, nice job with the literature paper stock. Good quality. Nothing worse than cheap photo copies. Thanks for … Weiterlesen →

MIT REINKE 10m ÜBER SÜDENGLAND BIS NACH BREST Hallo Herr Förthmann, der Törn mit der Malu lief hervorragend, auch dank Ihres Windpiloten. Wir haben viel erkundet, dabei gar nicht so grosse Sprünge gemacht, und haben das Boot dann in Brest … Weiterlesen →

JORDANS SERIES DROGUE FOR SALE Hello Peter, I hope this email finds you well. We have been in contact several times and met when you were in Den Oever looking at Naomi James’ boat that I restored to its old … Weiterlesen →

SAILING ON RIO DE LA PLATA RIVER DURING RAIN IN SOUTH BRAZIL Rio de la Plata

NORDWEST PASSAGE – DIE ARKTIS IST KEIN KINDERSPIELPLATZ Im Mai haben wir mit Thomas hier bei uns in Hamburg noch Kaffee getrunken, derweil Frauke in den Kanaren sehnsüchtig auf ihren Kerl gewartet, weil sie wieder gemeinsam zu neuen Ufern aufbrechen … Weiterlesen →

BRUCE ROBERTS 45 SAILING WITH WINDPILOT DURING 25 YEARS Dear Peter, Hope you’re doing well. Two questions: I need spare part 160 ( red cap), as it broke into two (25y old), see picture. Can I order this with you?  … Weiterlesen →

VAN DE STADT FORNA – ON ATLANTIC CIRCLE Bonjour Peter, Some news: I left France in July 2022 singlehanded, to Portugal where I stayed a few weeks to finish work on the boat, before heading to Lanzarote. I crossed the Atlantic … Weiterlesen →