Seafarer Forum Added - Spread The Word

[jhnewsome17]

I have requested that the Seafarer Forum be added to SailboatOwner.com and I thank the website owners for responding so promptly. I've owned a Seafarer since 2000 and have followed the various Seafarer sites with a great deal of interest. In particular it seems that the old Sailnet forum was the most used by Seafarer owners.

In addition to the Yahoo Seafarer Group and the Trailer Sailor forum we now have this forum on SailboatOwners.com to exchange ideas and compare notes about our boats. I am not trying to take any focus away from these other sites, but simply trying to generate more interest amongst the former group and attract new members.

Sharing knowledge about these boats is very beneficial for experienced and new owners. Please take a few minutes and share the link to this site with fellow Seafarer owners.

[Brian Tousignant]

Hello James,
Another forum is likely a good idea as things seem to have dried up since the Sailnet forum was discontinued. I have not checked out the Yahoo site but will.

I have an old Autohelm 3000 setup which does not seem to repond to a heading setting although the unit is in the original box and does not seem to have been used very much, if at all. Is it possible that the compass component could have lost its magnetic reference ?

What are the other Seafarer owners using as self steering system ?

brian S38 OHM

[jhnewsome17]

Hello James,
Another forum is likely a good idea as things seem to have dried up since the Sailnet forum was discontinued. I have not checked out the Yahoo site but will.

I have an old Autohelm 3000 setup which does not seem to repond to a heading setting although the unit is in the original box and does not seem to have been used very much, if at all. Is it possible that the compass component could have lost its magnetic reference ?

What are the other Seafarer owners using as self steering system ?

brian S38 OHM

Brian,
Thanks for starting a discussion on this forum. I don't have any experience with self steering systems but hopefully someone knowledgeable will respond. I try to monitor the Yahoo and Trailer Sailor sites but for some reason they don't seem to generate a lot of interest. The old Sailnet site automatically sent emails to subscribers every time someone posted or responded to a topic. While some found the flood of emails to be intrusive that may have been Sailnet's "secret" to success, at least as far as the Seafarers' group was concerned. Personally, I prefer to login and check these sites for activity rather than have all the emails coming in. We'll see how this progresses as word spreds. Good luck with the self steering.

James Newsome
ROMA S29

[1629dill]

Brian,

I use a Autohelm 2000 on my Seafarer.


Todd