You are right about not wanting to tackle such a project in the middle of a cruise. However, I was surprised how easy my Sail-O-Mat was to install, and I am sure similar vanes would go as smooth. It took me only about two hours out of box to done.
Also, I have sailed on boats that had trim tab vanes, and having tried them I find the servo pendulum type such as mine to respond faster, have a bigger range of correction to input, and to be far more adjustable and sensitive. Mine will steer the boat dead down wind in very light air and choppy wake disturbed water with the spinnecker flying. But this may not apply to servo types turning a wheel. Mine is connected directly to the tiller. -Ken _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
