From: Stein Olav Pettersen
Sent: November 11, 2011
To: Will Curry
Subject: SY Hero – Hydrovane

Good morning John and Will,

Have now used our windrudder one year and it did the steering job perfectly for us across the Atlantic and the longer distances between islands in the caribbean. Now the boat is on the hard in Trinidad and I just noticed that the shaft bottom collar is cracked and a bit corroded.

Seems like you have changed this for a plastic version. Is that right? Wondering how important this part is. If it’s just a spacer it will probably last a bit longer, but in long term I will have to change it.

Best regards

Stein Olav Pettersen

[Editor’s note – Newest version of Shaft Bottom Collar is made of stainless steel.]

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