Category Archives: Windpilot
Golden Globe Race – Windvane striptease # 1
PUBLIC LETTER TO DON MCINTYRE Windvane striptease 1
Windvane politics
FORGIVE ME FATHER, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT … Windvane politics
Windpilot on performance yachts
DIALOG ABOUT USEFULNESS OF WINDPILOT ON ALUBAT CIGALE 14 Performance yachts
Peter and the market
WINDPILOT – INTRIGUE AND COPYCATS Intrigue and copycats
Hydrovane – Windpilot
WINDPILOT – PROPERLY EFFECTIVE WINDVANE STEERING SYSTEMS Hydrovane
From Aries to Windpilot
THE CHANGE FROM ARIES TO WINDPILOT MADE SIMPLE As the years have passed, innumerable UK-based boats that once had an Aries in pride of place have switched to the Windpilot Pacific. The differences are striking – time marches on (at … Continue reading
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
Aries – The bad weather problem – no basis in fact
THE CURIOUS (Tall) TALE OF THE “BAD WEATHER PROBLEM” An unmistakeable and respected symbol of the bluewater tradition, the Aries vane gear has come to occupy a special place in the history of windvane steering systems. The 1960s were drawing … Continue reading