From: Chris
Sent: October-01-09 11:44 AM
To: John Curry
Subject: Re: Hydrovane

Hi John

We have just laid up after our first season with the Hydrovane and I can report that it fullfilled our expectations. We had a leisurely 2,500 mile cruise round Britain and experienced the usual variety of UK summer weather. The Hydrovane made longer passages much easier and I felt that the boat was sailing better than ever.

The only problem is that I have fitted the bottom bracket too low and so the bottom casting on the shaft drags in the water particularly when motoring.To solve this I intend to raise it by about 3 inches which will reduce the distance between the castings on the shaft to 16 inches. Is this ok? Is there a minimum for this spacing?

Thanks for a superb piece of kit. I wish I had fitted it earlier!

Best regards
Chris