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ClamBeach
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Initially Posted - 01/18/2004 :  11:43:55  Show Profile
Cruisenews had a couple interesting links in their "New Discoveries" section today... worth a look if you're interested in setting up a self-steering rig on your boat.

-- very basic sheet-to-tiller setups
http://www.bright.net/~htmills/SelfSteering.html

-- this gent has designed some 'home buildable' windvanes..
http://www.mindspring.com/~waltmur/Self-Steering/index.htm
(read the commentary section)
WOTAM - '77 Catalina 25 SK/SR Sail Number 158
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/18/2004 :  14:49:08  Show Profile
Some time ago, I tried a rudimentary sheet-to-tiller self steering system based on a design I found on the internet, but I couldn't seem to dial it in so it would, relatively speaking, self-steer the boat.

The difficulty I had was not really with wind or sail trim, but with wave action on the hull. It seemed that I couldn't compensate for the pitching and yawing of the hull caused by going up, over, down, and through the waves.
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