Can anyone recommend a good windvane and/or self-steering solution
that could be used on a 17' open boat?

Navik's are fairly light (about 35 lbs) but I think they would be overkill
for that size boat. Perhaps a simple sheet to tiller rig (bungee cord)
would be o.k., given that you probably won't be sailing it overnight?


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Thanks everyone for your responses. I'll start by expermenting with a
sheet-to-tiller system.

Here's a couple of good references with pics that I found:
www.bright.net/~htmills/SelfSteering.html
www.jsward.com/steering/index.shtml




On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:01:47 -0800, "Evan Gatehouse"
wrote:


Can anyone recommend a good windvane and/or self-steering solution
that could be used on a 17' open boat?

Navik's are fairly light (about 35 lbs) but I think they would be overkill
for that size boat. Perhaps a simple sheet to tiller rig (bungee cord)
would be o.k., given that you probably won't be sailing it overnight?