Leave the Windex where it is.
Add a SS or aluminum tang that protrudes forward about a foot. Mount the wind instrument to the forward part of the tang.
Ric
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> On Jan 18, 2022, at 12:37 AM, Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>>>> On 2022-01-17, at 20:09:45 EST, Michael McKay wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
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>>> 
>>