11 Self-Steering Vane Gear Installation and Usage Tips
Self steering windvanes have a reputation of being hard to use. Reading these tips can fix that and make us love our windvane.
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Windvane Or Autopilot?
These days every cruiser seems to fit an autopilot, but what’s the case for a vane gear? Or maybe both.
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Q&A: Windvane Or Autopilot?
Do you prefer a windvane or an autopilot for longer passages?
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The True Price of Autopilots & Vane Gears
At first glance, autopilots and vane gears cost about the same, but the reality is more complicated, and important to get right.
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Gear Test—Autopilot
A reliable autopilot comes right after radar as the most important piece of electronic gear We report on how our autopilot handled our 10,000-mile voyage.
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Autopilot Installation Problems and Lessons Learned
Lessons learned from a poorly installed autopilot, and how we fixed it.
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