Monitor Windvane
South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Sun 16 Sep 2012 06:50
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Being used to a Windpilot windvane on our
Scandinavian doubleender in the eighties,sailing with Monitor has been a pure
pleasure.Acting directly on the helm,it´s accuracy is very convincing.The harder
the wind the better accuracy, and when downwindsailing from Colombia to San Blas
in 35-40 knots of wind we soon realized that Monitor did a better job than the
helmsman.
Apart from braking the safetytube on a downwindsurf
when crossing the Pacific Ocean(we probably hit something in which case the
safetytube is meant to brake),we never had any problems.Our contacts with
Scanmar in California concerning spareparts(safetytube)has been very
straightforward and their delivery to the Marquesas,very efficient.On the
downside is the price,but most cruisers equipped with the Monitor think its
worth it,and so do we.
Highly recomended !
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