{"id":12654,"date":"2022-10-21T01:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T08:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/?p=12654"},"modified":"2022-10-21T01:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T08:08:23","slug":"sv-kareela-david-williams-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/blogs\/sv-kareela-david-williams-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"SV Kareela \u2013 David Williams UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SMART IMPROVEMENTS ON CONTESSA 32<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/P1030445-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/P1030445-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/P1030445-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/P1030445-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/P1030445.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>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 did not make tacking an easy thing. I used to hang off the end of the boat and turn the worm spindle by hand.<br \/>\nSo now with the help of a small continuous line dinghy furling drum and a reduction in the length of the worm spindle I can now use a long contiuous loop (no knots) of 6mm cord right up to the head of the tiller. Adjustment is super quick and tacking good too. A few good pulls takes the windvane though 100 dgrees. Job done! The stainless steel handle which I made a few years ago still sits on the end of the worm handle and gets used occaisionally.<br \/>\nI wonder if you could incorporate something similar on your models without too much effort? I guess it would involve a change to the casting to make it look less DIY which I appreciate is a big job. Just a thought.<br \/>\nbest from the UK<br \/>\nDavid SV Kareela<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"E2tXTFwkJH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/press-tv\/pacific\/line-transfer\/smart-solutions\/\">Smart solutions<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8222;Smart solutions&#8220; &#8212; Windpilot Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/press-tv\/pacific\/line-transfer\/smart-solutions\/embed\/#?secret=8g4FXZCuVU#?secret=E2tXTFwkJH\" data-secret=\"E2tXTFwkJH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/blogs\/sv-kareela-david-williams-uk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,21,32,30,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-blue-water","category-equipment","category-windpilot","category-word-of-mouth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12656,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12654\/revisions\/12656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}