{"id":16163,"date":"2017-10-17T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/?p=16163"},"modified":"2017-10-17T20:25:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T03:25:24","slug":"sv-jager-dick-koopmans-jr-ned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/blog\/columns\/sv-jager-dick-koopmans-jr-ned\/","title":{"rendered":"SV Jager &#8211; Dick Koopmans NED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>80.000 MILES AND 18 YEARS SAILING WITH WINDPILOT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF1291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF1291.jpg 800w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF1291-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF1291-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\nDear Peter,<br \/>\nI have sailed 21 years, over 80.000 miles and 18 years with WINDPILOT on JAGER. We still use the WINDPILOT for both cruising and short hand racing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF7304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"902\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF7304.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF7304-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF7304-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DSCF7304-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During single-handed OSTAR (3rd place) and AZAB (2e place) the WINDPILOT was used for about 70 %, 15 % was sailed under autopilot and 15% was hand-steering. On our cruise back from Newport Rhode Island to Holland (with a stop at Azores) we did all on the Windpilot. It is reliable, does not make noise and don\u2019t need electric power. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYAdhoA-usA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sentijn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2304\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sentijn.jpg 3456w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sentijn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sentijn-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Sentijn-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Best 24 hr runs are several 200-206 miles but I do not advice this for normal cruising. Best run without sails under bare poles was 176 miles in an Atlantic gale. Windpilot is ideal then, you can sleep till it&#8217;s all calm again. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tcope6OKiG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/blog\/youtube\/sv-golya-a-new-design-of-dick-koopmans\/\">SV Golya &#8211; a new design of Dick Koopmans<\/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;SV Golya &#8211; a new design of Dick Koopmans&#8220; &#8212; Windpilot Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/blog\/youtube\/sv-golya-a-new-design-of-dick-koopmans\/embed\/#?secret=bZx7WOdcAj#?secret=tcope6OKiG\" data-secret=\"tcope6OKiG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the IJselmeer I use the WINDPILOT less because to much shipping and it is safer to sail a straight course, but on last 200 miles solo, October 2017 with over 30 knots of wind I used it first when the autopilot stopped and later to windward because it steers better than on autopilot. Result was a 2e place out of 140 boats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Azab-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"541\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Azab-15.jpg 723w, https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Azab-15-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><br \/>\n&#8211; Round Britain &#038; Ireland yacht race 2006. Over 50 knots of wind. Crew inside WINDPILOT outside. First in class second 35 ft<br \/>\n&#8211; AZAB 2015 singlehanded second in class<\/p>\n<p>After 18 years the only refit were some bearings. Since JAGER mean Skua,  the blade is modified a bit. The gap in the top has also some theoretic advantages.<br \/>\nWith kind regards,<br \/>\nDick Koopmans  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickkoopmans.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">WEITERLESEN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80.000 MILES AND 18 YEARS SAILING WITH WINDPILOT Dear Peter, I have sailed 21 years, over 80.000 miles and 18 years with WINDPILOT on JAGER. We still use the WINDPILOT for both cruising and short hand racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16172,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163\/revisions\/16172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}