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I can recommend a good read: 'Twelve Ships a sailing' byJim Andrews. ISBN 0 7153 8787 1.<div>He describes a sailing career involving several cruising cats. On one, an early Prout, he describes a successful self steerer designed by Henderson. It looks as if the vane controls the tiller (No steering wheel) without trim tabs or secondary rudder.</div><div>My Catalac has so much steering friction with cables and wheel that I think a direct control like this would need a huge vane. However, with sails reasonably balanced I feel that only small corrections are needed to keep on track. Maybe a situation not suitable for large corrections would be useful for long steady periods.</div><div>Ra </div><div>Gallivanter 8m Catalac</div>
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