SV L´eau Commotion – William Hatfield AUS

SOLO NONSTOP RTW WESTBOUND – FOURTH TIME LUCKY

credits: Gemma Sapwell

Bill ended up having to wait until the age of 81 to realise his great ambition. Now he’s done it – and claimed the record as the oldest person ever to achieve the feat too. His silent helmsman, a Pacific Plus, is also getting on in years. This was its second RTW. Continue reading

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Turbulent Times – no impact for Windpilot

TURBULENCE AND CONSEQUENCES

Turbulent Times

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WoM 1990 – 2000

DAYS LONG PAST BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN

WoM 1990-2000

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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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Yachting Boating Forum comments

COMMENTS – COMPARISON – EXPERIENCES ABOUT WINDPILOT PACIFIC

Forum – comments

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Big World -Small World

REFLECTIONS ON SAILING IN A TIME OF UPHEAVAL

Big-Small World

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Burghard Pieske

PACIFIC LIGHT – DON’T BLAME ME, BLAME BURGHARD

Burghard Pieske

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Factory insight

WINDPILOT INSIDE IN PICTURES

Factory insight

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Sint Maarten – Covic 19 update

CHARLES DOANE – WAVETRAIN – UPDATE FOR ST MAARTEN NED. ANT

St. Maarten – Covic

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Pocket Cruisers

SMALL SIZE, LONG RANGE

Pocket Cruisers

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Marketing Windvane Self-Steering Systems

FAST TIMES IN THE WINDVANE BUSINESS – A BROADSIDE

Marketing Windvanes

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GGR – Interview about windvanes

THE RIDE ON THE RAZOR BLADE – WHY MR WINDPILOT RESTRAINED FROM GGR

Interview – Results

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2004 – 2019

FULL CIRCLE – THE SOCIAL ECHO SOUNDER

2004 – 2019

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GGR 2018 – SV Esmeralda – Igor Zaretskiy RUS

ESMERALDA OKAY – GETTING TO THE TRUTH

Getting to the Truth

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Bad advice to be circumvented

BAD ADVICE

Bad advice

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Brian Meerlo 1935 – 2019

THE ROOTS OF WINDPILOT

Brian Meerloo

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Peter Matthiesen 2019 – News from Brazil

A PRIVATE LESSON

Peter Matthiesen 2019

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SV Asteria – Tapio Lehtinen FIN

GOLDEN GLOBE RACE 2018 – SV ASTERIA – TAPIO LEHTINEN FIN

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Pelagic – Windpilot – Nike Steiger – Mike Scheck

SV KARL – PELAGIC AUTOPILOT INSTALLATION

Windpilot – Pelagic

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