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my2fish
a weekend or two ago, I followed the general guideline put together by Windline Sails for making a wind indicator to mount down at eye level on my Sunfish. basically it's just a wire coat hanger bent into shape, and strands of cassette tape made into (2) streamers to gauge the wind.
I modified the Windline Sails version slightly, and instead of mounting it to my upper spar with duct tape, I made a custom clamp (of sorts) out of a piece of PVC pipe. I cut a 1 1/2" diameter piece of PVC in a "c" shape (by trial and error) and it fits nicely over the upper spar.
I mount it fairly low, but that way I can raise and lower the sail without having to move (or remove) the wind indicator, and it is at a nice eye level for me while sailing. I've only tried it once so far, but was pretty impressed - it works really well, especially when the wind is light, and you've stalled or are just drifting along trying to read the wind out on the water.
here is another picture of it mounted on the upper spar.
it's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it gets the job done.
cheers,
thad
I modified the Windline Sails version slightly, and instead of mounting it to my upper spar with duct tape, I made a custom clamp (of sorts) out of a piece of PVC pipe. I cut a 1 1/2" diameter piece of PVC in a "c" shape (by trial and error) and it fits nicely over the upper spar.
I mount it fairly low, but that way I can raise and lower the sail without having to move (or remove) the wind indicator, and it is at a nice eye level for me while sailing. I've only tried it once so far, but was pretty impressed - it works really well, especially when the wind is light, and you've stalled or are just drifting along trying to read the wind out on the water.
here is another picture of it mounted on the upper spar.
it's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it gets the job done.
cheers,
thad