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Author Archives: peter
Idols and Dreams
FROM TRAIN DRIVER OR SHIP’S CAPTAIN TO AN AUNT FROM AMERICA Idols and Dreams
Pacific – Pacific Plus
ABOUT CHOICES Pacific – Pacific Plus
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Golden Globe Race – SV Asteria – Tapio Lehtinen – Update 28.nov.2022
REFLECTIONS ON THE LOSS OF ASTERIA Tapio Lehtinen
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SV Oldbones – Peter Matthew US
GILES 30 AND WINDPILOT STILL IN LOVE AFTER 45 YEARS OF SAILING Good day Peter. Aye have lost my vane on my boat old bones. And we know you not made this wide vain for decades. So am am asking … Continue reading
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SV Dutch – Sebastiaan Ambtman NED
LONGDISTANCE CRUISING ON BREEHORN 37 – NOW BOREAL 44 Dear Peter, It has been a few years since we were in contact. We used our Windpilot on our Breehorn 37 ‚Pjotter‘ a great deal. We have now bought a Boreal … Continue reading
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SV Blue Water – Mikael Olund SWE
ALLEGRO 33 SAILING TO SURINAM Hello Peter! Thank you for a great produkt. I have now used it for approx 12 000 miles. But now I have a problem to make it funktion properly. It seems like the inner pushrod … Continue reading
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SV Kareela – David Williams UK
SMART IMPROVEMENTS ON CONTESSA 32 Good morning Peter, for your informationI have attached some images of a small modification I have made to your excellent Windpilot. I was finding the windvane adjustment with the thin red cord rather fiddly and … Continue reading
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Oilskins or swimsuit?
FROM BRITTANY TO THE CANARIES VIA SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND MADEIRA Oilskins or swimsuit?
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Golden Globe Race – Déjà vu – UPDATE 12.november 2022
SLEEPLESS ON THE ATLANTIC Déjà vu
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SV Elane – Eivind Amsrud NOR
ATLANTIC CIRCLE ON JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 43 DS Dear Peter, After 2 years of cruising and crossing the Atlantic both ways, we are now back in our home country, Norway. Just wanted to let you know that we have been … Continue reading
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Considerations about emergency rudders
ORCAS – THE THINKING BEGINS Considerations about Emergency rudders
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In the Service of Aeolus
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SAILOR In the Service of Aeolus
SV Asevao – David Jolivet FRA
GARCIA PASSOA 46 – ARRIVED IN HORTA Hi Peter, between the problems with the COVID and the manufacturing of the custom-made support part for the Windpilot and the Watt&Sea, it took me a long time before I install the Windpilot… … Continue reading
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The Orcas – again
WISHFUL THINKING ABOUT GOOD BOAT BUILDING TRADITIONS? The riddle of the Orcas
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SV Polonez – Krzysztof Baranowski PL
TWO LEGENDS ON THE ROAD – NO THREE! Krzysztof Baranowski
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SV Otter II – Jean + Mario Lumaye BE
CIRCUMNAVIGATION – THREE TIMES – ARZAL de MORBIHAN After an Iridium call for help from the South Atlantic, an unconventional repair, the Windpilot stern ornament eventually made it through to its third circumnavigation of the globe, albeit not as visually … Continue reading
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SV Sini – Mika Pukari FIN
RUSTLER 42 – HELSINKI – KIEL – HELSINKI Hi Peter, after your fixes in Kiel, the windpilot steers fine. Due the covid issues and restrictions we decided in Rendsburg, to turn home to Finland. Your book Myth Circumnavigation gives invaluable … Continue reading
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SV Santana – Jan + Trees van Weeghel NED
FOOR FOR THE EYES SV Santana – Jan + Trees van Weeghel NED
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SV Ummagumma – Malu + Simone de Lillo ITA
OVNI 445 – MED – AZORES AND BACK Hello Peter, hope all is well in Hamburg. Beautiful navigations to the Azores and beetween the islands with your wind pilot. Every day I learn more and more. Pity you didn’t teach the windpilot to … Continue reading
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