Nedriness Qoutient: 4/10
Over the winter, a good deal of the equipment has been stored at home. Now it must find its place aboard again, and John (Wind)Waine is being refitted.

Wind wanes are the preserve of long-distance sailors, since they are designed for use on the open sea. We have had nothing but good experiences with this clever and reliable device for many years. This means that we would rather not be without it, even though Moon has two separate electric autopilots. The great strength of the wind rudder is that it does not use any electricity and is completely silent. The latter is very important when the person off-duty is trying to rest and sleep during a multi-day voyage.

Once set, it keeps the boat on course according to the relative wind angle.

However, it does restrict our manoeuvrability in narrow harbours, as it has an auxilliary rudder hanging at the very back of the boat and impedes movement when we need to manoeuvre carefully. That is why we do not mount the auxiliary rudder itself until we are ready to go offshore, since the first part of the trip will take place as coastal sailing northwards.

Picture borrowed from "Gyda". This show the same model; "Windpilot Pacific Plus" as Moon got. What makes this design unique is that it has its own rudder, therefore not being directly connected to the boat's rudder system as many other wind rudder systems are. This feature means that it can also function as an emergency rudder if required.