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Category Archives: Windpilot
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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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
Posted in Blue water, Equipment, Windpilot, Yachts
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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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SV Polonez – Krzysztof Baranowski PL
TWO LEGENDS ON THE ROAD – NO THREE! Krzysztof Baranowski
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Hydrovane – considerations
ADDENDUM TO: AN EXPRESSION OF DOUBT – HOW CAN HYDROVANE SELF-STEERING REALLY BE ANY GOOD? Bernhard Heise NZ
Posted in Columns, Windpilot
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As things stand
LIFE EXPERIENCES – RECIPES – INSIGHTS As things stand
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SV Momo – Bernhard Heise NZ
AN EXPRESSION OF DOUBT — HOW CAN HYDROVANE SELF STEERING REALLY BE ANY GOOD? Bernhard Heise NZ
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Wind vane steering and hydraulic wheelsteering
HYDRAULIC WHEEL STEERING Hydraulic steering
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SV Lescale – Neil Hird UK
ALLURES 45 – WINDPILOT AND THE PASSARELLE IN THE MED Passerelle
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Turbulent Times – no impact for Windpilot
TURBULENCE AND CONSEQUENCES Turbulent Times
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The first acid test
SV Olaf Trygvason – Hasko Scheidt GER The acid test
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Windpilot Environmental Impact
A FEW QUICK THOUGHTS Environmental
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Marketing Windvane Self-Steering Systems
FAST TIMES IN THE WINDVANE BUSINESS – A BROADSIDE Marketing Windvanes
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Peter Matthiesen 2019 – News from Brazil
A PRIVATE LESSON Peter Matthiesen 2019
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Golden Globe Race 2018 – Windvane report
SAIL IN BALANCE, LIVE IN BALANCE Windvane report
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Golden Globe Race – Windvane striptease #2
HUMAN AND MACHINE Windvane striptease 2
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