.....mainly due to chopping the end off my big toe with the lawn mower. Ouch!!!
Just over 3 weeks since it happened and healing well, just need a plaster over the end to keep the dirt out now.
Chances are that sailing might be back on the agenda very soon.
Not been completely idle, spent the last couple of trips to the boat sorting out the newly-acquired self-steering gear. It's a home-built job, but done nicely from a book by Bill Belcher.
I wasn't keen on how the windvane pivoted on the stainless pin, it ran straight through the drilled ply and looked to be an obvious place for wear to set in. I've made bushes for the pin to run through from stainless tube which should last forever!
Second job will to make the pendulum blade hinge up. It's a one-piece job and solidly fixed to the framework, if it were to hit bottom, or get a rope around it something would have to break!
Looking at kick-up rudders on dinghies and catamarans for ideas....
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This is very interesting - we've linked to this article from http://corribee.org/technical/wind-vane/ if that is OK. Do you have any pictures of the finished article that you could post here or we could post in the self steering section of corribee.org? Thanks, CorribeeEditors@googlemail.com
ReplyDeleteStill working on the windvane, but will be happy to do a proper write-up once it's finished.
ReplyDeleteHope the toe is getting better - I did that too a few years ago !! Its easy to solve I took up the lawn !! Id love to see more about the windvane I want build one !! Im trying to get some drawings off Jonny his looks good !
ReplyDeleteJay Blackburn