On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:56:01AM -0400, ken wrote: > Ben Okopnik wrote: > > > > Two reasons, primarily: > > > > 1. Inboard rudder. > > 2. Cost. > > > Inboard rudder I don't see why that is a prob., my rudder is inboard > (full skeg) but the vane is transom mounted, pulls on the tiller/wheel. > Cost is a big issue, I had to save for a good bit to get mine once I did > I but wished I had got it long before, now I consider it more important > than the watermaker even.
Again, not something that can be done in the middle of a cruise - and it does work a lot better with a transom-hung rudder, via trimtabs. Driving a wheel or a rudder is possible, but is not the best option in my opinion. I do consider a vane to be a very important system, one that should be installed on any long-distance cruising boat. It is, however, a long-term project, both in terms of money and planning. -- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET * _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardnow.org To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardnow.org The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
