Wonderful Drawings David! Thanks so very much!

Glen

Annie Hill 

On behalf of junkies everywhere, I'd like to thank you for the generosity with which you share your work and your knowledge, for no more reward than the odd pat on the back.

Hear, hear!

David - in a fairer world, you would be a millionaire.  You designed a boat for me, have consulted on countless rigs for other people and are now putting out detailed drawings of the Weaverbird vane for people to make use of and save themselves thousands on buying a commercially-made vane, which probably doesn't work as well.

On behalf of junkies everywhere, I'd like to thank you for the generosity with which you share your work and your knowledge, for no more reward than the odd pat on the back.

No David, my Tanton has a Hydrovane and will soon be going up for sale (the boat not the vane). I am thinking more for my Kingfisher 26 Tao Zou which now sports a North Atlantic gear. I have not been very impressed with it. It became unusable 400 KM from the finish of the Azores Challenge due to a small critical screw which worked its way out of the bottom of the pushrod linkage, was replaced only to back out again within an hour and fall overboard. I have since come up with a fix but I really don't trust it anymore. I'm very impressed with your model of the Hebridean, the original is just to clunky for my tastes. 

Glen

David, your vane is a beautiful example of simplifying a simple principle and expertly executed. I too would love to see dimensioned drawings. I believe a copy could be made using your annotated pictures but detailed drawings would be ever so much more helpful. 

Glen