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Category Archives: Windpilot
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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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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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
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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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