On Watch: Self-Steering for Sailboats
On long passages, having the boat steer itself allows the crew time to focus on other jobs — and to relax.
On long passages, having the boat steer itself allows the crew time to focus on other jobs — and to relax.
When it comes to simple, robust, reliable self-steering — especially in snarly weather — a mechanical windvane is hard to beat.
Monitoring One’s Progress Toward the Loony Bin: On a quest for self-steerage, our intrepid do-it-yourselfers attempt the impossible in the most unfeasible manner. On Watch from the December 2012 issue of Cruising World.
Due to a medical emergency, Bela Bartok, a Vindo 40, was abandoned during last summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, but quick thinking, excellent seamanship, a Monitor windvane, and a lot of luck came together to save the boat.
On long passages, having the boat steer itself allows the crew time to focus on other jobs — and to relax.
When it comes to simple, robust, reliable self-steering — especially in snarly weather — a mechanical windvane is hard to beat.
Monitoring One’s Progress Toward the Loony Bin: On a quest for self-steerage, our intrepid do-it-yourselfers attempt the impossible in the most unfeasible manner. On Watch from the December 2012 issue of Cruising World.
Due to a medical emergency, Bela Bartok, a Vindo 40, was abandoned during last summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, but quick thinking, excellent seamanship, a Monitor windvane, and a lot of luck came together to save the boat.
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