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next up is a wind vane I’m pretty sure I’m going with a Cape Horn. Their website has de32 as a boat that’s had or has them installed on..does any one know who? I’m just looking for some feed back and possible pictures. Kinda have a lot going on at the stern now. Notbtrying to paint myself into a corner. I’m trying to sort out if Davits and a windvane will work. I’ve never had either so just looking for some advice.
for the last year and a half I’ve been working a lot on my boat and have never even taken her out! Well she structurally sound now.( ss compression post to the keel, all through hulls with g10 backing blocks replaced, fiberglassed knees behind each chainplate, moved interior ss chainplates to outside the hull and made new bronze 3/8 ones properly bolted,fixed some of the wet foam core, added Marinco day night solar vents (4), made 7:1 purchase for the main...lots more to do. Any how I finally got her out sailing and boy am I impressed what a beautiful sailing boat! The rig is balanced perfect I was able to let her steer herself for a good 30 mins with out touching the helm like she was on rails. Beautiful boat I just can’t wait until she’s beautiful looking again!my only regret is not holding out for a de38.
P.s was sailing down the sassafras and about 1/4 mike down the river from me I saw a wine glass stern, had to investigate turns out it’s another de38 so if your here let me know I’ll stop by next time and say hello.
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Enjoyed reading your post. Lots of work right now, but will pay off in spades for years to come.
My thoughts on wind vane, electric self steerer, and davits are as follows. Have always tried to keep as much weight off the bow and stern as possible in order to preserve reserve buoyancy. This has kept our DE 38 dry on deck while running in 30 ft seas for days at a time. Therefore I don't like davits as they do add a lot of weight and do disturb the air flow over the stern. I have seen a Swedish boat that had the wind vane connected to it's rudder by a rigid cable, which allowed you to place the vane any where you liked. This was on a smaller boat, of a round 29 ft.
I personally had a Radcliffe auxiliary rudder, horizontal axis wind vane. Loved it. Required very little maintenance as it had no control lines. This self-steer has a rudder that will turn 360 degrees, so it is good while powering in reverse at a dock; also the rudder stays in back of the boats keel for protection. It generated enough power in following winds from 10 knots to 50. In a blow, it would steer the boat better than me. As for electric self-steerers, they are great when you are powering in light air. But when it gets rough, give me a wind vane any day of the week.
Hope these thoughts help your decision making.
Cheers and beers,
Jim
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I have heard good things about ratcliffe I can't seem to find anything on the units are they still in busineus? Any info?
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The address for Radcliffe Marine in 1984 was 173 Washington St, Pembroke, Ma 02357. Phone 617 826 3516. This was also his home address so perhaps you can get more current information.
Cheers,
Jim
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