Thanks Peter, masthead fly=windex, mine is from Davis also.

A masthead fly, with a wind arrow, goes at the top of the mast and points into the wind.

I realize that a wind instrument for a Rhodes is not really needed, but I’m pretending she’s a 35 footer on the Atlantic instead of my small inland lake in Georgia. That’s why I’m also installing a chart plotter!

Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Jan 17, 2022, at 9:03 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
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> I tried out a SailTimer instrument a few years ago, but never managed to get it working well enough to be useful.  What I have now is I think a Davis WindTrack.  it is sometimes literally a pain in the neck to look at up there at the top of the mast, but it works reliably. 
> 
> What's a masthead fly?
> 
> --Peter
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>> On 2022-01-17, at 20:09:45 EST, Michael McKay wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am hoping to add an electronic wind instrument to my masthead, but it’s a bit 
>> crowded up there.  Have you done that?  I’d prefer not to remove the masthead 
>> fly but I guess that would be an option. 
>> 
>> Thanks for your insights,
>> 
>> Michael McKay
>> s/v Liber 2006/2018
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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