[Rhodes22-list] Re: [rhodes-list] More Newbie Questions

[Mary Lou Troy]

Jim,
I think we're in the minority but Fred and I really like the SparFly wind 
indicators
http://www.sailnet.com/store/item.cfm?pid=20114

We used to have a Windex indicator but found that it was hard to get the 
little wings centered. After a while we decided who needs them? Then we 
lost three vanes in short succession to birds trying to perch on them and 
breaking them. The Windex vanes are more expensve to replace than the 
Spar-Fly and birds don't seem to find the Spar Fly as ready a perch. We 
don't have a masthead radio antenna to worry about. We also have tell-tales 
on the shrouds and tend to use them as much as we use the masthead indicator.

Mary Lou


At 09:16 PM 3/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks to the list for all your previous help.
>
>FWIW, regarding motors, I went with a Tohatsu 8 long shaft electric start.
>An exhaustive (and exhausting) weighing of multiple factors and costs
>resulted in the surprising determination that the most important factor to
>my WW was electric start, followed by weight and cost.  Tohatsu beat Nissan
>by a nose, based on a good boat show price.
>
>I also ordered my graphics from Rik, and would like to publicly thank him
>for his patience through numerous font, color and size changes.
>
>I'm still thinking about the depthsounder.
>
>Now, another question:  What, if anything, do folks use for a masthead wind
>vane?
>Anybody have a close-up photo of the masthead?
>
>I also await news of the IMF MK-II with baited breath.
>
>Jim Connolly
>
>
>
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