[Rhodes22-list] wind indicator

[Christopher Cowie]

I also have a vhf antenna.  Sounds like a logical place to mount the windex.  Thanks
Christopher P. Cowie    

 



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On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:09 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

> A wind indicator at the top of the mast is in clean air, which makes it the 
> most accurate. I have a VHF antenna which I have a windex mounted on the 
> whip.  There are other ways to mount the windex, this one was the most 
> convenient for  me. I haven't had the bird problems that Mary Lou has experienced, 
> but I do  spray a healthy dose of WD-40 on it to repel the spiders. 
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 2/26/2011 8:29:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> ccowie at cowieassociates.com writes:
> 
> 
> I  have simple fabric wind indicators, telltales, on my port and  starboard
> shrouds that help give a sense of the wind direction and I am  wondering 
> what
> others like to use.  Does the  davis instruments  windex wind indicator
> mounted on top of the mast work well and is this easy  to install?  I also
> see that davis has "wind tell telltales" that are  rigid plastic flags that
> mount on the shrouds.  Both of these would be  a step up form the fabric or
> yarn I hang on the shrouds and I am wondering  what others find useful.
> 
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