RogerMusser
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There is another post on this forum by wjejr titled: Making a Sunfish Wind Indicator.
I made and used several of the wind direction telltales outlined in that post. They were easy to make, install on the spar, and to use. Recently I have made some more telltales that are a little different and I like these too.
My recent telltales also have stainless steel battens from a retired set of windshield wipers and a short piece of yarn. Instead of Velcro the telltales are held in place by a plastic spring-clamp.
Also used were a few wine-corks, hot glue, tape, and some light line. I think that the clamp is a little easier to fix onto and remove from the spar than the velcro straps of my earlier versions. A tether or float can be used as a safeguard.
In the next few posts I will show how I put this together.
One photo shows a completed rig with float and tether. The rubber duck will prevent the rig from sinking and the tether feeds around the Sunfish spar to prevent it from sinking should it fall into the water. Either would work alone.
The other photo shows another rig mounted on a Sunfish spar.
I made and used several of the wind direction telltales outlined in that post. They were easy to make, install on the spar, and to use. Recently I have made some more telltales that are a little different and I like these too.
My recent telltales also have stainless steel battens from a retired set of windshield wipers and a short piece of yarn. Instead of Velcro the telltales are held in place by a plastic spring-clamp.
Also used were a few wine-corks, hot glue, tape, and some light line. I think that the clamp is a little easier to fix onto and remove from the spar than the velcro straps of my earlier versions. A tether or float can be used as a safeguard.
In the next few posts I will show how I put this together.
One photo shows a completed rig with float and tether. The rubber duck will prevent the rig from sinking and the tether feeds around the Sunfish spar to prevent it from sinking should it fall into the water. Either would work alone.
The other photo shows another rig mounted on a Sunfish spar.