"Robert or Karen Swarts" wrote in message
...
Anyone care to discuss the relative reliability of
autopilots(electric/electronic) vs wind vanes for sail boats? Are wind
vanes
still widely used?

BS


There is a great free online book here
http://www.windpilot.com/Grafiken/pdf/bookeng.pdf

Have sailed with a few of these and have nothing but praise for the
windpilot.

garry