Shaun,, the Cape Horn is a great windvane self steering system. Probably
better than the Voyager.

What has drawn me to the Voyager is the set up will work with a tiller very
easily. I have a tiller.

The Voyager is cheaper also.

I know someone who swears by the Cape Horn. And many think the Monitor is
the best one ever.

I just like the set up for the Voyager... just a personal opinion.

Oh,, one big problem with my opinion. I don't know jack about any of the
windvane systems except what I have read and seen on the net.

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"shaun" wrote in message
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Sorry to say i thought the question was rather pertinent.
As i am looking to a wind vane too... but my eyes lead toward the cape
horn brand
http://www.caphorn.com/CadreAnglais.htm
to me it seems a better style and more user friendly
as i have NO experience with any of them but do have a rather mechanical
mind i feel the extra cost well worth power savings
Shaun

I've sailed with a Navik (great for boats 30') and Autohelm 3000 and
Navico (now Simrad) PH500 hydraulic below deck pilots.

- The Navik was quiet, efficient and did pretty well, except in big
quartering seas where it steered an S-course. No power required of
course and fairly

- The Autohelm 3000 computer case sealing was rudimentary at best.
Took it apart a few times to find salt crystals inside. Did fine,
even in big quartering seas. We had hydraulic steering with ~4.5
turns lock to lock, which was

- the hydraulic one was fast and efficient but used a lot of power

Evan Gatehouse