From: Nello Angerilli
Sent: March-04-10 5:50 PM
To: Will Curry
Subject: RE: quick question and some comments

Hi Will

Regarding my own experience with Wanda, the first time I used the vane it was as you describe below. I set the vane, pulled the pins, and everything worked. Additional understanding of how the vane works was required in either big winds or shifting winds or really light winds. I worked those things out via an iterative process.

Our first experience with heavy weather had us in 40 kts continuous with gusts to 50. The seas were very big (regrettably a couple of really big waves broke on the boat and in the cockpit resulting in a fair amount of water down below; -(

Initially we did not believe that Wanda could steer under these conditions, especially when the boat was surfing down really big waves. However, I eventually decided to give her a try based on the “testimonial” in the owner’s manual, and she did absolutely fine. We were sailing with a triple reefed main only (the third reef is very, very deep).

Warm regards

Nello

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