Tod Mills is the wind steering guru. At the 2003 CBR he hooked up his wind vane and then minute by minute pulled away from me. I have the tiller lock boxes like Connie. I lost ground to Tod when the wind took those little shifts and I had to recognize the shift, unlock, correct course and lock the tiller back. Tod kept tracking the wind and pulling away. I never gave much thought to a wind vane before, but I was very impressed. Hey John C. - sounds like you had a great trip. Thanks for posting it. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY --- chbenneck@juno.com wrote: Someone on the list built a wind system for an M17 and reported that it worked very well. ....
That would be Howard, not me. I'm just the wannabe guru. Howard's the real deal. -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Steve R. Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 5:57 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: New old M-17 wind vane Tod Mills is the wind steering guru. At the 2003 CBR he hooked up his wind vane and then minute by minute pulled away from me. I have the tiller lock boxes like Connie. I lost ground to Tod when the wind took those little shifts and I had to recognize the shift, unlock, correct course and lock the tiller back. Tod kept tracking the wind and pulling away. I never gave much thought to a wind vane before, but I was very impressed. Hey John C. - sounds like you had a great trip. Thanks for posting it. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY --- chbenneck@juno.com wrote: Someone on the list built a wind system for an M17 and reported that it worked very well. .... _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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