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This could be it. NASA wind V1 uses a four core plus screen. Wires are red, black, blue and white

Wind transducer?

Thanks for that, there is a wind indicator which shows direction but not speed (as it should), a VHF which works and has an easily...

Hi all, I've just taken down my mast for the winter. There are four cables going up the mast, three with glands on the deck, each with...

I wouldn't bother in the summer months, I hook up a dehumidifier in the winter, on a timer for one hour a day. Works for me but I...

Yes stream rates can vary much more than heights. And the place where the stream flows faster and slower can change hugely - East of...

Can't say I've ever used coefficients although I must have been aware of them doing RYA qualifications years ago. I think Chiara's Slave...

The point is, you don’t need to. You don’t need a stream, or a height for that matter, to 1%, or even 10% accuracy, that’s too fine a...

I tend to make it my business to know the spring range, or else not even a % coefficient is going to help you. I just don’t find it very...

A V bottom is fine when actually using the dinghy but can be a PITA when going onto a gently shelving beach or even a slipway. I got rid...

Just had a quick look, seems to be an established company.

Yet there seems to be an implication from some the those on this boat should have done. To me this seems to be on of those unavoidable...

Scary stuff.

Just had a look at the local forecasts for Arisaig and Muck, where I am heading tomorrow, and no gust speeds are given. Coincidence maybe?