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 to a close when the three pioneers of windvane steering technology – Nick Franklin of Aries, Derek Daniels of Hydrovane and John Adam of Windpilot – first felt the finger of destiny upon them and tumbled into designing and building windvane steering systems as a job. continue
