Lauri Tarkkonen wrote:
If you try to tell me that the difference between death and life is the
44 pounds of a windvane installed in tha rear, I have to tell you that I
rather take the boat with the proper windvane than the one without.

I am sorry you got that impression from my post. I was not trying to
suggest any such thing.

Once more, as I've said each time, I think windavnes are great and they
work very well on most cruising boats.

-- Tom.