6.28.18 11:37 am
Half of last night was spent on lessons for How To Tame Your Monitor. I’ve been told it takes “some” miles to get it figured out.
I think it has been at least 600 for me and my two jibes to port, the Monitor kept wanting to go to LA. It is a beast. I haven’t figured a name for it (if I ever do) and like any stubborn beast, it doesn’t really do what you are coaxing it to do until you pull the right lines, tighten its reins right, and set it’s course correctly.
I still don’t ….fully trust it right out of the gate because it does have a tendency to wander off course. In big sea state, this is a big issue because Kynntana is also veering off course rather wildly. It has been good for me. Cruising/racing in the bay rarely involves a self steering contraption hanging off your stern, but like many others have said, I’ll never go to sea without one!