Ken, I've missed some of the posts on this subject, but am interested in your comments about the Sailomat windvane. I have a Sailomat on my Pearson 323. I have tried using it several times. A couple of times it worked like a charm. Other times, I set it and within a few seconds the vane steered the boat away from the intended course, downwind I think. At any rate, it took off on its own. Once, I had been following a course for a couple of hours and decided to tack, using the vane to steer. Once I was on a new heading, the windvane abruptly changed course. Whenever this happens, I think it turns downwind, but I'll have to make more observations to verify this.
Peter Now or Never! P323 ________________________________ From: ken <nauti...@centurytel.net> To: liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 10:25:54 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] autopilots (was) Re: Underway is the ONLY way! You are right about not wanting to tackle such a project in the middle of a cruise. However, I was surprised how easy my Sail-O-Mat was to install, and I am sure similar vanes would go as smooth. It took me only about two hours out of box to done. Also, I have sailed on boats that had trim tab vanes, and having tried them I find the servo pendulum type such as mine to respond faster, have a bigger range of correction to input, and to be far more adjustable and sensitive. Mine will steer the boat dead down wind in very light air and choppy wake disturbed water with the spinnecker flying. But this may not apply to servo types turning a wheel. Mine is connected directly to the tiller. -Ken _______________________________________________ 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
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