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Monthly Archives: September 2010
SV White Witch, Manfred Jabbusch GER
HR 352, sailed singlehanded around the playball to sell his boat afterwards – the buyer an Australian yachtsman asked him to deliver the boat to his home country, so Manfred delivered it to him. The Windpilot Pacific Plus performed during … Continue reading
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SV Tapasya, Suzanne+Ron Metheny US
WHARRAM TIKI 38 selfbuilt in the US and circumnavigation for several years with the Windpilot Pacific at its aft beam, performing well during the entire trip. Suzanne+Ron sent this mail: Hi Peter, Just a quick note. Tapasya our 38ft. Wharram … Continue reading
SV Téthys, Jean-Pierre Canet FRA
VIA 38 splendid and solid French built aluminum “deriveurs intégrale” en cap du l´Atlantique. The Windpilot Pacific performed during the entire trip. read more
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SV LePrelude, Roch Vandenberghe FRA
PIONIER 9 starting from Cherbourg to cruise the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. The Windpilot Pacific Light is a sleepless helmsman at the stern of the boat.read more
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SV Madéo, Helene+Antoine Hache FRA
TRISMUS 37 de Philippe Harlé en tour de L´Atlantique, avec une Windpilot Pacific monter dans le tableau. continuation
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SV JoshuaIII, Stéphane Tremblay CA
CONTESSA 26 13000sm with 2 Atlantic crossings. Flawless helmsman a Windpilot Pacific Light. read more
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SV Maus, Manfred Marktel ITA
CUMULANT 36E German Italian Single Hander, Writer, Bookauthor, has done 12 Transatlantic crossings incl. longterm sailing in Antarctic waters. The Windpilot Pacific Plus steered most of the time in even serious circumstances. read more and view vidoes published separately
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SV Alumine, Elisabeth+Helmut Bedenig AUT
OVNI 38 circumnavigation of 5 years, writing many articles including a book, have sensational pictures on their website. STeering helmsman the Windpilot Pacific fitted with MF3 flange bracket at the inside of sugar scoop. read more and see the pictures
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SY Anima III, Martin Hammer AUT
Wooden COLIN ARCHER 36´on worldwide cruising, currently in Darwin, Bali, Papua New Guinea and other seldom visited waters. Windpilot Pacific is performing most of the time. The owner wrote this email: Lieber Herr Foerthmann! Meine/Ihre Pacific, die ich mir extra … Continue reading
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SV Idemo, Ingrid+Robert Schnabl AUT
MOTIVA 41 In 4 Jahren um die Welt mit Kind, Kegel und Windpilot Pacific Plus.You want to get more information, just read more
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SV Nomad, Doris Renoldner+Wolf Slanec
OVNI 41 In 8 years circumnavigated the playball two times, book authors of “Frei wie der Wind”. The Windpilot Pacific performed during the entire trip. read more about their adventures and see the beautiful pictures in their site
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SV Followtheboat, Liz+Jamie Cleere UK
Oyster 435 cruising around the playball writing interesting blogs. They wrote this message: Peter, the Pacific Plus was so good that we were able to use it even when motorsailing, thus minimising the amount of time we had to share … Continue reading
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SV Blue Mistress, Bill Whateley UK
Folksong 25 cruising around the British Islands with a Windpilot Pacific Light at its transom. Bill wrote: “Thank you for your very helpful suggestions. I very much appreciated your swift replies to my queries – and if you have any … Continue reading
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SV Ocean Sunrise, Roger Fairest UK
Vega 27 sailing with an old Windpilot Pacific Light from London to Darwin Australia. After arrival Roger wrote: “Thanks for such a great piece of kit! Cheers Roger”read more
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SV Just Right, Angus Davidson UK
Golant Gaffer 6m participating successfully in 2010 JESTER CHALLENGE carrying the Windpilot Pacific Light at the transom. Angus wrote: Dear Peter, This past year has included three single handed cross channel outings in order to take the decision on the … Continue reading
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