[Rhodes22-list] Re: [rhodes-list] More Newbie Questions

[Alex Bell]

Mary Lou,

You mentioned teltales on the shrouds. That has always been my favorite
wind monitor. Don't have to crane your neck upward to mast top to see
what's going on. Pamela bought the neat teltales that clip onto the
shrouds called Wind-Tels from Davis. But they're more expensive than my
old favorite, Davis shroud telltales, which are nylon ribbons that
attach to the shroud with plastic discs. Low tech, the yarn tied to
shroud works too. 

Alex

Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> I think we're in the minority but Fred and I really like the SparFly wind
> indicators
> http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=20114
> 
> We used to have a Windex indicator but found that it was hard to get the
> little wings centered. After a while we decided who needs them? Then we
> lost three vanes in short succession to birds trying to perch on them and
> breaking them. The Windex vanes are more expensve to replace than the
> Spar-Fly and birds don't seem to find the Spar Fly as ready a perch. We
> don't have a masthead radio antenna to worry about. We also have tell-tales
> on the shrouds and tend to use them as much as we use the masthead indicator.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 
> At 09:16 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Thanks to the list for all your previous help.
>