From: Gill Duncan
Sent: September-05-12
To: Will Curry
Subject: Re: Replacement parts…

Will,

Thanks – I’ll get a photo to you as soon as I can. It is the spring loaded gear mechanism comprising a black, hardened plastic peg with a bolt, spring and washer. They don’t float very well! How soon can parts be delivered to the UK?

Mildred was installed on our Grand Soleil 52 in Turkey. She sits neatly on the stern and denotes us as “proper sailors”!

Once well-balanced Mildred we have found the best way to set her off is to use the windvane facility on the autopilot while we angle the vane dead into the wind. A little tweaking of the helm to work out the amount of weather helm required and then it is locked off. Mildred will then drive her at more than 9 knots. On night watches we set Mildred to work and if we feel like it we helm at the time as she does – this is ideal for the inexperienced helmsman as they have the broad parameters governed by Mildred and they just sail for maximum speed.

It is a really useful bit of kit. While Fabiola is Dad’s boat I feel sure when we get back from our Atlantic circuit that we shall look to find one for our S&S 30.

Best wishes,

Gill Duncan

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