Peter Hendra wrote:

Thank you Gentlemen.
I have a German friend who has been cruising for over 20 years. They have a
bugelhof (I know that I have the spelling wrong) which is simply a straight
non-pivoting shank welded to a triangle at about an angle of 45 degrees. It has
a hemispherical 1/2 rod hoop on top to ensure it flips over. They held in plus
80 knots winds on Elizabeth reef off Australia. They swear by it. I have a
workshop template for it back aboard my boat. I have since seen a lot of German
boats with it.


Is this just another example of typical German engineering?

Lew