Jonmeri 40
“I forgot to tell you what a splendid job the Hydrovane is doing!”
“…on the North Sea for 74 hours with winds from 10 to 40 knots, wave height was up to 5m, breaking seas because of tidal streams.”
“As we sail shorthanded, husband/wife, the vane became soon our best mate.”
From: Eugene Motzheim
Sent: October 26, 2015
To: John Curry
Hi again
New pictures, the choice is yours!
I forgot to tell you what a splendid job the Hydrovane is doing! Our boat is 40 ft/10 tons/draft 2,30 m with a spade rudder. On our trip this summer we were out on the North Sea for 74 hours with winds from 10 to 40 knots, wave height was up to 5m, breaking seas because of tidal streams. We sailed both uppwind and reaching, the latter can be a bit delicate because of the big IOR-belly our Jonmeri has. But, the Hydrovane was just steering and steering, required no attention at all! As we sail shorthanded, husband/wife, the vane became soon our best mate. Better than our Neco, who gave up two weeks ago – electrical problems…
Regards,
Jonmeri 40 “Move On” from Sweden
Eugene & Angelien
