From: Michael Lynch
Sent: May-06-10 3:01 AM
To: Will Curry
Subject: Thanks for your support

Hi Will,

Thanks for the very helpful and efficient service in replacing my wind vane cover. The old one has lasted more than 10 years now and apart from a small repair to an accidental tear, it is still in one piece but beginning to look a bit thin after years of good use.

My wife and I always sail short-handed, and reckon that Hydrovane is the best piece of kit on our 5 ton 1982 Marcon 34ft Bermudan Sloop, ‘IANTHINA of Plymouth’. We use it constantly, even for short trips. Last weekend [30/4 to 3/5/10] our shakedown cruise for the new season took us from Falmouth to Fowey and back. Although only a short round trip of about 50 miles, we still preferred to use Hydrovane over our wheel mounted mechanical auto-helm. The trip back had us on a dead run for the first part from Fowey to Dodman Point with winds from F3 increasing F5. Hydrovane held a beautiful course allowing us to goose-wing all the way. From Dodman Point to St Anthony’s Head the wind moved from the starboard quarter to abeam and increased to F7, again Hydrovane performed excellently as we flew along touching 8 knots at times. Rounding St Anthony’s Head to enter Falmouth we were faced with a beat into 30+ knot winds – no problem for Hydrovane!

A couple of years ago we sailed the circuit Falmouth – La Coruna – Lisbon – Algarve – Bay of Cadiz – Azores – Falmouth and only ever touched the wheel on entering and leaving harbour. Hydrovane performed impeccably throughout, especially on the 1500 mile trip back from Horta to Falmouth where, 500 miles north of the Azores, the wind came round from a gentle southerly to hard on the nose and we spent the next week beating into a NNE F7 gusting F8 towards home. Hydrovane kept a good course, was simplicity itself to operate, and gave us not a moments concern.

We also like the confidence of knowing that in Hydrovane we also have a most capable auxiliary rudder should our main steering ever fail.

Thanks for a brilliant product.

Mike & Jackie Lynch
‘IANTHINA of Plymouth’
Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

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