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SV Vaguebond – Ivan Steenhuyse BE
HALF WAY DONE Hi Peter, after sailing more than 15000 miles in 16 months, we’ve arrived in New Zealand. Our Windpilot did almost every mile of steering during our trip and she is one of the best purchases we made … Continue reading
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SV Sea Otter – Bob Rouner US
Hello Peter, I have now sailed my Koopmans 43, Sea Otter, to the Eastern Caribbean from Texas several times, about 14,000 miles total, always using the Windpilot, and I was always sailing singlehanded. I could not do that without the … Continue reading
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SV Kairos – Menno van Loon NED
YOUR PRODUCT IS JUST TOO GOOD Dear Peter, Just a quick update. Depending on your perspective, I have either good or bad news. Your product is simply too good. Despite being several decades old and having been rammed by a … Continue reading
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SV Suditude – Jean Claude Fleuret CH
MELCHIORE ANTARCTICA Thank you for all, and hope the Windpilot go again; for the moment, a lot of miles, the track to Antarctica and 6 times Patagonia and Terra del Fuego ! Melchiore, Antarctica, a fantastic place where the Windpilot … Continue reading
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Armin Horn and his SailingGen
JOINT VENTURE A man who openly admits to a fascination with rear ends runs a very real risk of being misunderstood. So understand me when I confess to my obsession with the hind quarters: I’m talking about work not pleasure … Continue reading
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Peter´s biography 1984 – 1989
THE FIVE PILLARS Two and a half years have whizzed by and it is high time I parked myself in front of the keyboard again to squeeze out another chapter of my life story. This has to be psychoanalysis at … Continue reading
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SV Gleda – sailing + living on a Wharram Cat
BBB Gleda Episode 1 from Barefoot Boat Bums on Vimeo.
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Boats by nations – France Part 1
LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ – or none of the above? Freedom, equality and fraternity: values that inspired the rebirth of a nation but whose lustre seems to have faded under the onslaught of individualism, values that may or may not, depending … Continue reading
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Dreaming of Brazil?
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Questions to Jayme Santos Souza, 61, retired professor of surgery, son of famous Brazilian circumnavigator Alfredo Souza, experienced bluewater sailor and owner of several German-built yachts, highly knowledgeable about Brazilian waters, which he sailed for decades, and now … Continue reading
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Monetizing bluewater advice
BLUEWATER ADVICE NOT FOR SELF CONFESSED IDEALISTS The 40 years I have spent in the windvane business have shaped the way I think and left me with a clear and obvious set of priorities. A self-confessed idealist, I allow myself … Continue reading
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SV Heroine – Paul Willaert BE
FIRST SEA TRIAL Hello Peter, Some images and a video of the Pacific on my Contessa 32. I’m very happy. kind regards Paul
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SV Waskaran – Patrick Lataillade FR
Hi Peter, Thank you for your nice offer! I can see that you have not changed and still offer the same incredible service ( Though I am a bit ashamed to ask you for a piece of rope! ) I … Continue reading
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Draken Harald Hårfagre – The construction of a Viking Drago
KONSTRUKTION UND BAU AUF DEM WEG NACH AMERIKA
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SV Elenya – Jim Dilley NZ
REFERENZ FÜR 23 JAHRE 150.000 SM SEGELN MIT WINDPILOT I have used a WindPilot Pacific for about 23 years. Have covered about 150,000 miles in that time. The gear has been fitted to our 26′ Warsash One Design for its … Continue reading
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Signs of Life
Rolling out of bed at 5 a.m. this morning, my first port of call was the sofa and a quick glance at the night’s incoming e-mail. One particular message caught my eye: Good evening Peter, Are you no longer among us? … Continue reading
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Windpilot USA
IN THE LAND OF SHARP ELBOWS Time passes in the New World just as it does in the old and people are people wherever they are. That, however, has never stopped some from playing up the differences and making believe … Continue reading
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van de Stadt 36 ZEEHOND – for sale – SOLD
SV SPICA – berthed RAIATEA/POLYNESIEN – for sale due to sickness of owner Van de Stadt 36 Zeehond Rundspant Mittelcockpit Built 1984, boat yard professional reconditioned 2012 11,00 x 3,55 x 2,10 m Verdrängung ca. 12 t Wheel steering mech. … Continue reading
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