lenseman
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They are made in the Lake District and all over Wales plus Australia of course!
The company is called "SHEEP!"
Best (affordable) wind indicator
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They are made in the Lake District and all over Wales plus Australia of course!
The company is called "SHEEP!"
Searush
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It's no good, David, he's a lost cause. The money is burning a hole in his pocket - he has to spend it before it all goes on beer, wine & wimmin.
I call it a mis-spent youth.
I call it a mis-spent youth.
mattnj
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I would strongly suggest avoiding the rotavecta on a sailboat, we had one and although the speed seems to read well, i think the heading is just too hit and miss. Ended up replacing with an ST60 (secondhand) which was still expensive, but i have to say is brilliant with the closehauld display too....do we need it over a bit of string, probably not, but it is nice to have for sure, we probably shouldnt, but all the crew look at it all the time.
prv
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St Piran's cross burgee (as kindly found by the forum) on a proper bamboo staff does it for me for sailing-the-boat purposes. Must admit though that a numerical readout of windspeed would be interesting from a curiosity point of view. I have no trouble relating the strength of wind I feel to the amount of canvas required, but I'm rubbish at putting a figure (or even a Beaufort force) on it.
If I did start getting involved with electronics I'd be going for one of the ultrasonic sensors, eg http://www.svbeatrix.com/Refit/BeatrixMasthead.php . As well as having no moving parts to break, it's also less visually obtrusive (especially if painted brown) on my old-fashioned masthead than what the previous owner described as "damn whirly things".
Pete
If I did start getting involved with electronics I'd be going for one of the ultrasonic sensors, eg http://www.svbeatrix.com/Refit/BeatrixMasthead.php . As well as having no moving parts to break, it's also less visually obtrusive (especially if painted brown) on my old-fashioned masthead than what the previous owner described as "damn whirly things".
Pete
doug748
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As I don't think I have ever managed to calibrate it properly, all I can say is the windspeed and the direction seem steady and consistent in most conditions.
If you look at the photo of the display I think you will agree it is not designed for fancy sail trimming. Within the confines of what it does it seems ok.
lenseman
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It's no good, David, he's a lost cause. The money is burning a hole in his pocket - he has to spend it before it all goes on beer, wine & wimmin.
I call it a mis-spent youth.
We will just have to keep pulling the wool over their eyes Steve. Will they ever learn?
