From: Michael Walsh
Sent: August-10-10 7:21 PM
To: Will Curry
Subject: Parts

Hi Will,

The Hydrovane is working well on Sequitur, and we’ve dubbed her “Hydra”. Quite often when the winds have diminished to less than five knots and we flash-up to motor sail, rather than engaging “Otto”, the Lewmar Mamba autopilot, we have allowed Hydra to continue steering. She manages well down to about two knots before she looses it. I am assuming that because we have used Hydra under power so much, the propwash past the rudder has caused the rudder pin to fail so soon. Also, the vane cover failed after only six months in the tropics, and we limped into Lima with more duct tape on the frame than nylon.

We have left Sequitur in Lima, Peru for the winter, and are back here in Vancouver until mid-September. We’ve brought the tattered remnants of the cover with us, and Edi is using it to sew-up a more robust replacement and some spares.

I would like to order three spare pins. Can you please let me know how to proceed.

Cheers,
Michael

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