SV Bravo – Matias Eli Brazil
SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION ON JUDEL FROLIC 45
Dear Peter, My name is Matias Eli, and I’m the owner of BRAVO, a J&V design build in Brazil in the late 80’.
I have the boat for almost 16 years and completed a single handle around the world between 2008 and 2010 thanks to my dear friend PACIFIC. Thank you for that and congratulations. It is fantastic, almost magic.
I sailed under very hard conditions with lots of wind and almost no wind, reaching and down wind, and the pilot always worked well. However I felt that the “course” is to limites, my ruder is big and the maximum steering was 15 degrees each side, so in general my sails needed to be reduced to a minimum for it to work.
I’m thinking of ways to improve it performance by either using a smaller drum attached to the ruder. Does it make sense (is needed I could increase the size of the rudder).
In addition I need to do a mantainance, changing all bushings and some other parts.
If possible I would like to have a quick chat with you do discuss the best solution and also to purchase a repair kit
Thanks
Matias from Salo Paolo
Bonjour Peter, unser Pacific arbeitet seit 15 Jahren mit uns zusammen und hat uns geholfen, fast dreimal um die Welt zu segeln. Wir sind so zufrieden damit, dass ich oft sage, dass der WindPilot unser bester Kauf für das Boot bleibt.
