Second hand Aries windvane

[David Payne]

I have been offered a secondhand Aries windvane. Have you ever fitted one? Are the fitting instructions available?
I have no real knowledge of the original yacht other than it was home built and in a small b&w print from the 1970's it looked a bit like a SCOD.
Obviously the brackets and mountings would need to suit the transom etc and the control lines and blocks would need to suit the tiller geometry, but are these windvanes otherwise standard, or is it necessary to tailor (or order purpose made) parts to suit the yacht geometry?

Thanks in advance for any help.

David

 

[Greenheart]

The videos on the Aries website are good, here: http://www.selfsteer.dk/html/how_it_works.html

Takes a while to download, but worth a look. The design is really ingenious.

 

[Daydream believer]

min came with some unusual brackets but a bit of lateral thinking solved the problem
just see what comes with the gear & go from there
Leading the lines is quite easy & I do not have fixed blocks but rope mounted ones so i can remove quickly