From: Bill & Tracy Hudson
Sent: December-09-09 6:46 AM
To: john@hydrovane.com
Subject: Our trip South with a Hydrovane

I know you have heard this in the past from many of your customers, but your Hydrovane far exceeded any of our expectations as we sailed south along the Baja coast.

We installed it in Port Townsend and never got the chance to use it until we got South of the border and hit Mexico. Once we set him up he set us straight in light winds and in good winds. Anywhere from 4 to 15 knots, he did just great.

We put up all our sails–Main, Genoa and Forestaysail and he kept us on course. We tried with the Spinnaker alone and he kept us on course just great.

When we were about 150 miles North of Cabo, our hydraulic steering failed (leak in the lines) and we hoisted the sails again and the Hydrovane took over and took us to right outside the harbor without a peep.

What a great piece of equipment for any sailboat. I’d been told by more “experienced” sailors that all wind vane steering systems were a bunch of hype sold at shows, but yours has shown to be a champ in our eyes and since we weigh in at close to 50,000 pounds, I think he can handle any boat.

Thanks for the great new crew member for our boat. Nice to have someone on board that stands many watches and keeps us on course (and doesn’t eat anything).

Bill & Tracy Hudson

Shin Fa 458 (aka Liberty 458)

PS – We love our new Hydrovane. We even named him “James” as he is our chauffeur that always takes us home (“Home James”).

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