January 2019

GO JEAN-LUC GO!!!


   
SEATTLE BOAT SHOW
January 25 - February 2, 2019
Booth C2409
CRUISING FORUM with exciting panelists! 
10:15am Saturday Jan 26, 2019

SELF STEERING WINDVANES 
3pm Saturday Jan 26, 2019

CRUISING TIPS&TRAPS: WEST COAST, MEXICO, SOUTH PACIFIC  
3pm Sunday Jan 27, 2019
BOOT DUSSELDORF
January 19 - 27, 2019
Hall 11 E33

See our German Dealer Tom Logisch

VANCOUVER BOAT SHOW
Free Seminar Series
Saturday February 9, 2018

No booth, but Sarah & Will present: 

SELF STEERING WINDVANES 
2pm Saturday Feb 9, 2019

CRUISING TIPS&TRAPS: WEST COAST, MEXICO, SOUTH PACIFIC  
4pm Saturday Feb 9, 2019

   
NEW! Tiller Extension
Contact Sarah: sarah@hydrovane.com 

30 GBP, 36 EURO, 43 USD, 52 CAD

   
   GOLDEN GLOBE RACE
The Home Stretch
GGR Press Release:
Day 204 - Van Den Heede regains the initiative... for now. Leader within 1,000 miles of finish. ETA - 31st January
Dateline: 14:00 UTC 21. 01. 2019 - Les Sables d'Olonne, France

The elastic between Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats has stretched in the Frenchman's favour over the weekend allowing him to open up a 215-mile lead over his Dutch rival. A week ago, the difference in terms of distance to finish was just 28 miles. Both skippers have used up what remained of their 160 litre supply of diesel fuel, with Slats expending the last drop pushing his way through the windless high pressure system sitting over the Azores. The two are now within the same weather system.   ...keep reading on GGR Website


SKIPPER
BOAT TYPE
WINDVANE 
WINDVANE STATUS
1
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
Rustler 36 Hydrovane  OK
2 Mark Slats Rustler 36 Aries OK
3 Uku Randmaa Rustler 36 Hydrovane OK
4 Istvan Kopar  Tradewind 35 Windpilot  Constant issues
5 Tapio Lehtinen Gaia 36 Windpilot  OK

Leaderboard @ Jan 21 2019
Tough skippers and Tough boats ! Toughest GGR !
Cool GGR Video showing various types of windvane working hard in the tough southern ocean conditions.