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In Brian Whatcott writes:
On 23 Jul 2005 06:58:36 GMT, (Lauri Tarkkonen) wrote: [Brian] Wind vanes fail from wearout and from wind gusts. Wind vanes are prized by blue water cruisers by all accounts [Brian] Surely you cannot suppose that wind vanes DON't wear out, or that they cannot be overwhelmed in a storm gust? [Lauri] Every part in a boat wears off, but a quality windvane is no worse than other equipment and you can expect a service age of more than 20 years of a quality windvane if you treat it properly. A servo pendulum windvane has much more power than the autopilots usually seen on yachts. - Lauri Tarkkonen Lauri, you seem curiously defensive of windvanes - do you have some monetary interest in these devices? Do you feel that an increase in power implies an increase in reliability? As to offering opinions - it is indeed a strange thing, but engineers are often willing to offer engineering opinions on equipment reliability even on examples of products they have not personally used. Does this seem presumptuous to you? Respectfully Brian Whatcott Altus, OK Your suggestion that I have an financial interest in this is insulting. I just have some real experience about these devices and I have done my homework before I bought one. I have had some 7 autopilots and one windvane and I have sailed with few others and istalled one ohter than mine. Opinions based on beliefs do not have much practical value, they might be a nice discussion piece, but looks like you do not want to discuss your beliefs as nobody is permitted to challenge them, the facts of course are yuor worst enemy. There is some variation in the quality of all engineering products, but I qualified my statement saying that it stands for quality winpilots. Of course you do not know the difference even is you see one. - Lauri Tarkkonen |
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