5m 12sLength

A special version of the "WindGear by Joern Heinrich" (www.windautopilot.de) steers an aluminum ocean sailing yacht type Reinke 13M. The 13 m long and 15 to heavy boat is running close hauled at a speed of 5 to 6 knots under mainsail and genoa. This speed is needed at least to enable the oversized servo oar to turn the hydraulic steering wheel, which needs at 30 Nm manual force (eq. to 3 kilogramms) to start turning at all. The steering wheel has 6 turns in total (hard/hard rudder)...