I have decided on a monitor for our CD33 and would like to hear(and see pics if possible) how others have set up the steering lines to the wheel. There seems to be many options and would like to hear the pros and cons of what others have done.
thanks,
Larry
Monitor windvanes
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Re: Monitor windvanes
larry
i have a monitor on my CD 31, the best and most reliable equipment i have added to her - i have the lines running to the port side to a double cheek block just aft and outside of the teak that forms the port side of the cockpit - from there to another double cheek block just aft of the winch pedestal - the lines then run through a hole in the teak (it hurt to cut it but i couldn't think of a better way) and on to the wheel - the wheel has a navico autopilot rim on the inside and the monitor attachment on the inside - it is critical that the lines run on to the wheel at a right angle
i think you could run the lines under the deck in some way but they would then be less visible and less accessible - i decided simplicity was best and have learned to live with the hole in the teak and the lines crossing the cockpit seat on the port side
it is also critical to set the frame of the monitor up so the paddle and wind elements are perpendicular to the boat and to the water - don't put it too low either, you only need about half the paddle in the water to work effectively, too much is worse than too little
i found the directions supplied with the monitor easy to follow, and they sent pictures of the equipment on another cape dory - sorry i don't have pictures available
feel free to email me directly, i can then send my tel number if you want to call me - with my cousin's help i installed mine in a day, probably twice as long as it would take someone who had done one before - also, they recommend ball bearing blocks but i couldn't find ball bearing double cheek blocks and used schaefers and they seem fine - the aft one is on the fiberglass directly, the forward one is on a teak block about 1 1/2 inches thick
len
i have a monitor on my CD 31, the best and most reliable equipment i have added to her - i have the lines running to the port side to a double cheek block just aft and outside of the teak that forms the port side of the cockpit - from there to another double cheek block just aft of the winch pedestal - the lines then run through a hole in the teak (it hurt to cut it but i couldn't think of a better way) and on to the wheel - the wheel has a navico autopilot rim on the inside and the monitor attachment on the inside - it is critical that the lines run on to the wheel at a right angle
i think you could run the lines under the deck in some way but they would then be less visible and less accessible - i decided simplicity was best and have learned to live with the hole in the teak and the lines crossing the cockpit seat on the port side
it is also critical to set the frame of the monitor up so the paddle and wind elements are perpendicular to the boat and to the water - don't put it too low either, you only need about half the paddle in the water to work effectively, too much is worse than too little
i found the directions supplied with the monitor easy to follow, and they sent pictures of the equipment on another cape dory - sorry i don't have pictures available
feel free to email me directly, i can then send my tel number if you want to call me - with my cousin's help i installed mine in a day, probably twice as long as it would take someone who had done one before - also, they recommend ball bearing blocks but i couldn't find ball bearing double cheek blocks and used schaefers and they seem fine - the aft one is on the fiberglass directly, the forward one is on a teak block about 1 1/2 inches thick
len