We were out sailing Friday and I was noticing that my Raymarine wind direction instrument was all over the place. The trusty Windex was fine.
When we got back to the slip and I could get a good angle on the masthead, I noticed my vane was missing the rear half. We had some high winds but I'm thinking a large bird tried to squat on it and snapped it off. Could it be a coincidence that we have a new pair of ospreys in the cove?
Anyway, Raymarine sells a repair kit for $32 on Amazon. It comes with the vane and cups. I wonder if the cups have new bearings too. The system is almost 30 years old now.
Now I just need to climb 50' and swap it out
When we got back to the slip and I could get a good angle on the masthead, I noticed my vane was missing the rear half. We had some high winds but I'm thinking a large bird tried to squat on it and snapped it off. Could it be a coincidence that we have a new pair of ospreys in the cove?
Anyway, Raymarine sells a repair kit for $32 on Amazon. It comes with the vane and cups. I wonder if the cups have new bearings too. The system is almost 30 years old now.
Now I just need to climb 50' and swap it out