Kategorie: Windpilot

WINDPILOT – AGAIN AND AGAIN
Hi Peter, about ten years ago I bought a Windpilot from you, you delivered it to the States and I put it on using a dinghy while anchored in Long Island Sound. It was a complete game changer for me and I sailed thousands of miles singled handed, it never let me down.

Now I have a small wooden boat, a Holman 26, a folk boat derivative and would like to buy a Pacific Light, what can you offer, do you ever have refurbished Windpilots ?

I hope you are well, we are all getting old. I remember seeing you at the London Boat Show in the late 1970’s.
With best wishes
John Bacon

WURDE MIR KÜRZLICH ZUGETRAGEN

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BOOKS COMMENT – IN THE SERVICE OF AEOLUS
Hi Peter. Your book is one of a class! It reads easily, gives information, it’s entertaining, and the narrative navigates many  unpredictable sharps corners that takes it into the category of a thriller too.
 
I like all and  some parts are at the edge of the impossibility spectrum, like when you describe how got the original Windpilot from an impulse buyer as a trade for your boat, who could replicate that?

 
Your retrospect about  the  boat expo could not be more descriptive , attending as a visitor only a few of them, sufficed  me to stay away from many others and imaging what could be on the expositor side, and you survived two hundred plus!
 
Around here and ,God forbid Newport, Maryland or Florida, those events are becoming an expensive proposal por most of the average sailors, not the tickets by itself ,but the Hotels, transportation and parking.
 
Your snippets about boats , circumstances and people add a lot of spice to the stories with  some sobering aspect about some of them.
 
You had a varied and challenging life, and your legacy is distributed around the world via a magnificent, sculpted aluminum billet , what an amazing triumph!
 
I feel  proud  to own one of your masterpieces and notice my elevated status when other sailors ask me about it.
 
The illustrations , design ,and printing and format of the book are first class . Thank you for your gift, I appreciated it.
 
In them is shown a homemade accessory  that I  installed at the  Pilot power bar to regulate the tension of the line length, replaces the shortening  block provided with the  advantage of not necessitating to remove the line from the eye ropes at both sides below the coamings at the end of the trip.
 
Also I included a few screenshot of the drawings produced prior to installing the Gear in the Cape  paying atención to instructions and  making  sure that all details were understood  before drilling any holes.
 
Happy spring to you and your wife ,  thank you for your help during my orders and  let’s cheer for your new  life  as a writer!

Regards
Victor CONTENTO MA US

AUGENFUTTER – BILDERBOGEN
credit to Ingrid + Timm Pfeiffer, Sebastian Groth, Jeremy Bagshaw,

St. Helena

ABOUT TRUSTWORTHYNESS – WO KOMMT DAS VERTRAUEN HER?
Hi Peter, As we live in a strange world where trust is sometime flouted and to make it more real can you please send me a picture of the unit with you beside ready for dispatch in its boxe and I will proceed to the bank transfer.

Thank you for your understanding.
Best Regards
Olivier

KI oder nicht?

MARZENA + PETER AUF DEM FLIEGENDEN TEPPICH – EIN AUFTRAG

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WASSERJOURNALISTEN

Peter + Presse II

Ein PANTOMIME, der REDEN und SEGELN kann

Mick Segebarth

ARAS SIND BESSER ALS DER WECKER
Moin Herr Foerthmann, wir sind gut in Brasilien angekommen und die Windpilot hat wunderbar gesteuert!!

Allerdings ist uns, vermutlich durch das viele Sargassum, das Pendelruder einmal nach hinten weggeklappt und die Nylonschraube (Nummer 438) abgeschert. Wir haben die eine Ersatzschraube montiert die wir hatten, daher brauchen wir wieder eine neue Ersatzschraube.

Da ich im Mai einmal in Deutschland bin, hier die Bitte, sie an unsere Adresse zuzusenden. Wäre das möglich? Gerne vielleicht vorsichtshalber auch gleich zwei davon. 

Mit freundlichen Grüßen, 
Sonja Schelbach
Moin Familie Schelbach,
besten Dank für die Rückmeldung … endlich mal ein PACIFIC, die tatsaechlich funktioniert ….

zur Schrauber 438: diese Schraube aus PE habe ich mir damals ausgedacht, um den US Seglern, die Schwierigkeiten mit einer korrekten Ausrichtung des Pendelruderblattes haben … hier ein kleine Hilfe zu geben … eine andere Funktion hat die Schraube nicht, schon gar nicht die Funktion eines shearpins … wenn die Schraube abgeschoren ist … genuegt es zu wissen, wie die richtige Ausrichtung ist ( – IN GERADER LINIE MIT DEM SCHAFT ) …
Ist schon witzig, dass einige US Segler am liebsten um eine ganze Tuete von Ersatz bítten … um exakt die gleiche Erklärung zu erhalten … wie diese.

Allerbest
Peter Foerthmann

ATLANTIKÜBERQUERUNG WEST-OST ODER DER WEG NACH HAUSE

Atlantiküberquerung West-Ost oder der Weg nach Hause

VULCAN V FROM BRITTANY TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
Dear Peter, Nine years ago, I bought you a Pacific and sailed to French Polynesia.

I have today a new boat and a new project. How about a unit for our new Swing 36 drawn by GRAAL and build by Métalu (44) here are some pictures of the Back of the boat?

Best Regards,
Michael Kerbrat

SINGLE HANDER ON JEANNEAU 389 FROM SAN DIEGO TO THE PHILLIPINES
Hello Peter,
I just did a shakedown to Ensenada, Mexico and got a full round test of the windpilot. I worked great. It seems it is more sensitive than the Aires and Monitor I have used before. At one point I was at 140 apparent, 568 knots true wind. There was a leftover chop and it steered perfectly. I also had a stretch of sustained 15 knots close-hauled and of course steered perfectly. You did a great job with this. 

I am so glad I bought this. I now don’t have the fear of running out of electricity for the other auto-pilot. And some 4.737 NM further ahead to Majuro, Marshall Islands: It has been a great trip. Cheers and thank you!
Glenn Henderson