Hallberg Rassy 40

“I’m still tub-thumping over our happy use of iVane.”

“Faultless service to our small sample of humanity aboard Red Shoes.”

From: Barbara & Brian
Sent: May-25-12
To: Will Curry
Subject: Vane virtues

Hi Will.

We just arrived SE Sardinia after a nasty passage from the east side of Tunisia. And I’m still tub-thumping over our happy use of iVane. It steering virtually the entire 280 miles. The ride was one of those necessary evils, taking a strong SE wind rather than wait for something worse. The area around Tunisia is relatively shallow with lots of sea mounts and in our 25+ steady winds, the seas were 3-4 m in a hurry. iVane didn’t seem to care, except when the main boat rudder would get knocked aside in quartering seas (I’ve since improved our brake system). Faultless service to our small sample of humanity aboard Red Shoes.

Keep up the good work…
Cordially,
Brian