Self-steering for high-performance hulls: Today's bigger, faster boats pose new challenges for windvanes

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Larger cruising boats do not carry windvanes, only 20 percent of the boats in the 2001 Atlantic Rally for cruisers (ARC) had a windvane mounted for the rally. The two factors that contributed to this shift are the improved reliability of electric autopilots and the steadily increasing size and speed of ordinary cruising boats.

Atlantic Ocean, Technology application, Sailboats

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Hands on sailor: Practical solutions and techniques for the bluewater sailor: Everest Horizontal Capsized

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Tim Kent and Rick McKenna decided to compete in the Bermuda one/two, an event that runs from Newport to Bermuda Sola. It is reported that during the event the decision to choose the longer, potentially faster western route, along the bulk of fleet, saved their lives.

Bermuda

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