[Rhodes22-list] wind indicator

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Bill,
I'm with you on this one. I use the antenna mounted windex, but most of the 
 time I can feel the wind on my face and know exactly where it's coming 
from. My  guess is that Stan prefers that method to having always look up. The 
older we  get, the less important the mechanical means become and we rely on 
our senses. I  find the windex especially important when night sailing. My 
mast light sends  just enough light upward that I can see the reflective 
tape on the bottom of the  windex.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 2/28/2011 9:08:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
WEWickman at spectraenergy.com writes:

I use a  windex at the top of the mast and like it.  I also have a VHF 
antennae so  what I did was fabricate a piece of flat aluminum bar with the 
antennae on one  end and windex on the other.  It is long enough to allow the 
windex to  spin freely.  I usually have my mast down a couple of times a year 
and  spray a bit of WD-40 then, and never travel with it mounted.

I don't  have the indicators on my shrouds but would like to get some, 
though I don't  know why.  I also rely on the wind on my ears.

Another good "tool"  are the tell tails that are located directly on the 
sails.  I actually  think they would be better down low than shroud 
indicators.  The ones I  have are yarn and I don't like them because they seem to 
always stick to the  sail.  I plan to replace them with light plastic ones.

Bill  W.
s/v Fina Lee


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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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