{"id":20825,"date":"2019-11-14T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/?page_id=20825"},"modified":"2023-01-12T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T14:00:04","slug":"peter-matthiesen-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/columns\/peter-der-markt\/aries\/peter-matthiesen-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Matthiesen 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBACK TO THE FUTURE<\/strong>Peter Mathiessen\u00b4s comment of today 09.01.2023<\/strong>: Peter Matthiessen no longer owns Aries, so it isn\u2019t immediately obvious why the Bad Weather Problem (and its stubborn refusal to manifest itself in the real world \u2013 see, for example, the Windvane Report<\/a>), but apparently not. Did someone make a resolution last week about flogging a dead horse one more time or might there be pressure coming to bear from somewhere else? Either way, Peter Matthiessen just decided to add a comment to this blog I published more than three years ago. He says:\u2028
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You say you could not read Nicks letter. Well I dont blame you, its not easy.
\nThe most important point in the letter from Nick Franklin to me is the following:<\/p>\n

You have made a grand job of criticising the old type Aries where the servo rudder sways up to vertical. I bet the other manufacturers hate this but it is absolutely true.
\nWell done Peter. Sincerely Nick<\/p>\n

So I think that we now can conclude that I was NOT inventing this as you have claimed all these years. Then you ask me to explain the bad weather problem. Are you joking? Of course you understand it. I know you read every comma on my www where I had drawings and all.<\/p>\n

Actually, it beats me why you are so interested in this bad weather problem. For my part it is quite normal to explain improvements from the old Aries design to the new Aries design. Not? This 2. Aries was stopped because of this problem. I know you have other ideas \/ theories. I just copy\/paste what Nick Franklin told me.
\nI saw some pictures you have made explaining the bad weather problem. It has NOTHING to do with a knock-down. If you did not understand my explanation on my www, you never will.<\/p>\n

Oh no, this is endless. I did not invent anything, I have proven that. Tell whatever you like, over and out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My reply:
\nPeter Matthiessen no longer owns Aries, so it isn’t immediately obvious why the Bad Weather Problem (and its stubborn refusal to manifest itself in the real world \u2013 see, for example, theWindvane Report<\/a>.should still be any concern of his. Perhaps he has come under pressure from Lean Nelis, who bought the company from him eight years ago. I don\u2019t know how much faith Nelis had in the Bad Weather Problem, but he may well be feeling a measure of disappointment by now if he was expecting it to help drive Aries sales.
\nI must add that it pains me to see Nick Franklin\u2019s name being dragged into this again. It is beyond disrespectful to attribute this or that intention to the man on the basis of a few partially illegible lines in a personal letter when he is no longer here to speak for himself.
\nOver and out \u2013 hopefully!
\n09.01.2023
\nPeter Foerthmann
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EINE GANZ PRIVATE LEHRSTUNDE<\/strong>
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Es hat ungef\u00e4hr 18 Jahre gedauert, in deren Verlauf ich es hingenommen habe, dass ein damals junger D\u00e4ne, der die einst seri\u00f6seste Marke von Windsteuersystemen \u00fcbernommen hatte, die Seglerschaft zu verunsichern begonnen hat. Das \u201eBad Weather Problem\u201c wurde 1997 erfunden. Ich habe es als Marketing Gespenst wenig ernst genommen und in meinen B\u00fcchern entsprechend adressiert, und darauf vertraut, dass kluge Segler die hier aufgestellten Thesen, als Unsinn erkennen und entlarven.<\/p>\n

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Ein Brief von Helen Franklin ( Tochter den Aries Erfinders Nick Franklin ) in 2015 wurde zum Startschuss, meinen Standpunkt zu \u00fcberdenken, nachdem deutlich geworden war, dass hier vermutlich mit Mitteln unlauteren Wettbewerbs der Marke Aries ein Vorteil verschafft worden ist. Die Geschichte ist dokumentiert:<\/p>\n

Aries<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n