From: Kåre Horntvedt
Sent: October-31-11
To: will@hydrovane.com
Subject: About Hydrovane for SY Kilico, Norway

Hello Will

We have now used our Hydrovane for more than three years. We have sailed the whole Mediterraneo all the way in to Istanbul, crossed the Atlantic, down the east coast of South America and rounded the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego and in to the Beagle Channel, all the way up the Chile fjords and crossed the Pacific to Tonga and now down to New Zealand.

During this time the only thing we have done is to wash it, change the vane cover and once change the pin for the rudder.

But during the Pacific crossing I noticed some slack somewhere in the system. And I was not able to locate it before we was ready to head down to NZ. The slack is in bottom of the thin vertical arm that connect the wind vane to the horizontal claw where I can chose between the three levels of steering. I have no spare part list or descriptions of this parts so I do not know the correct names.

Is it possible to adjust this so the slack will disappear? And how do I do it?

Best regards
Kare Horntvedt