SV Havhest – Tore Utheim NOR
HAPPY SAILING WITH PACIFIC ON FANTASI 37 AND OVNI 435

Hi Peter, here are some details of how the Windpilot is fitted on our Ovni 435. We were really happy with how it turned out to work on the Ovni from the day we started using it and still is. Easy to fit, easy to use and has been completely reliable all these years since you sent it down to us when we stayed in Italy. Having said that, I knew what I was getting as we had the same but older model on our previous yacht as well, which was a long keeled Fantasi 37. Quite frankly, I have never used better. Our quiet helmsman and reliable work horse.
Lastly, thanks a lot for very good service with valuable advice from you when we started using it.
All the best
Tore
Dear Peter, here some pictures of both windpilot and seatronic hydrogenerator mounted together in the main axis of the boat.
Hi Peter, I have the Windpilot and love it. Quite simply, it is the last bit of kit I would want to part with. Reliable, and have never had any problems setting it up. BUT, although I have a JSD and have never had to use it, I wonder how I could safely remove its rudder before deploying the drogue. If the weather had already deteriorated significantly, slowing down enough to get the rudder out of the water would be pretty difficult, with a possibility of damage to the gear. I guess the solution is to act really early? What are xour thoughts?

Es begann, wie es so häufig beginnt, wir hatten Mail Verkehr in Sachen Steuerbefreiung, meinem täglichen Brot, das mir immer noch nicht langweilig geworden, weil Menschen so unterschiedlich und meine Neugierde unerschöpflich, weshalb ich einfach immer weiter mache – nur eine Randbemerkung!
Dufour 455 Grand‘ Large, Baujahr 2008,
Hallo Herr Förthmann,
Hallo Peter, Wir sind mittlerweile rund 500 Seemeilen mit dem Windpilot gesegelt und sind mit der Steuerung sehr zufrieden.
Guten Morgen in den hohen Norden,


Moin Herr Erdmann,
Hallo Herr Foerthmann,