The Flying Lentil The log of Festina Lente, Sigma 38

After much scratching of heads and a lot of drilling of stainless (cue 6 broken drill bits and a teeny weeny loss of sense of humour!) the Monitor wind vane is up and running – or reaching – and even beating! The instruction manual suggested a nice steady light to moderate breeze for the first sea trial , but somehow the day we chose was a rowdy gusty westerly of 35 knots with big gusts and shifts – but amazingly , despite the unpromising conditions – it works!

Now how does this go together?! || ‘Testing’ in 40kts! || Vane in action From Windvane