Taswell 49
“It’s amazing what you can do when it has to be done and the Hydrovane, once again saved the day!”
“Although we managed to mend the Autohelm, we carried on sailing with the Hydrovane for the remaining 1600 miles.”
From: Margie Hayward
Date: September 16, 2014
To: Will Curry
Subject: Photo of Taswell 49
Hi Will,
It was good to talk to you and Sarah today on the stand.
As promised, here are three photos that show the Hydrovane.
This is an extract from our blog on our second day into a 15 day voyage from Brazil to Trinidad.
……….”At 19.45 the Autohelm stopped working! With the wind blowing 26knts, Marcus was having to helm in pretty foul conditions and I came straight from bed into my ‘wets’ and up into the cockpit …………… Shooting along at 7.5knts, I clambered up onto the transom to move the Hydrovane’s knot on the control line back into the centre, so that we could adjust the angle to the wind from the cockpit……(I really must sew that line together so it runs through smoothly!) ………It’s amazing what you can do when it has to be done and the Hydrovane, once again saved the day! When we get calmer seas I’ll have to go down into the aft locker to mend the Autohelm incase the wind drops and we have to motor.”
Although we managed to mend the Autohelm, we carried on sailing with the Hydrovane for the remaining 1600 miles.
Lovely to have met you and hope to meet you again along the way.
Margie and Marcus Hayward
Island Kea II
www.islandkea.com
