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 in the tube has bent. What could have cosed that?
Regards from Mikael, currently in Domburg, Surinam Continue reading
DEVELOPED BY THE SAILOR – IRIDIUM GO CAN NOW WWW
Internet connection for sailors on the move – that’s what sailors dream of.
Patrick Losert, digital nomad and on the move by ship in the Pacific, currently visiting home, plans to continue his journey from Tahiti towards the west. His profession: IT developer, smart guy and curious about solutions that make life easier, especially off the IT highways when bits and bytes are just trickling instead of whizzing.
IridiumGo brings the mail on board, but the gateway to the WWW including Google search remains blocked, an unacceptable situation for a nerd who is used to answering all kinds of questions on the net in every situation, at the cooker or in the bunk.
Now Patrick has found a solution to crack the nut: Continue reading
FAMOUS EXPRESS CRUSADER USED SAILOMAT, ARIES AND WINDPILOT
Hi Peter, Hope this email finds you well! I wanted to give you a short update on the performance of the very old Windpilot that I bought and installed on Ponta Delgada, the Azores.
Since this is my very first experience with a windvane I must say that I am totally blown away by its performance on this boat. As you know this is the old boat that Lesly Williams sailed the Ostar with in 1968 three months after she was launched, he came in second by the way. She is even better know as the boat that was lent to Naomi James by Chay Blyth to become the woman to ever sail around the world single handed in 1978. The boat was equipped with a Sailomat of the first generation, despite the very many issues she had with the Sailomat she stated in her book that the adventure success had been very much dependant on the self steering. Continue reading
BLUESIANA – BRUCE KING DESIGN – BERTH BALTIC
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ARRIVED IN JAPAN AFTER 69 DAYS FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Horie ist seit 50 Jahren mit Windpilot unterwegs. An der SV Suntory Mermaid III war eine PACIFIC LIGHT im Einsatz, immerhin die 4.te Windpilot Anlage im Verlauf seiner vielen spektakulären Reisen an den unterschiedlichen Schiffen, siehe
YACHTING MONTHLY Book review
ADDENDUM TO: AN EXPRESSION OF DOUBT – HOW CAN HYDROVANE SELF-STEERING REALLY BE ANY GOOD?
WINDVANE REPORT – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
