Jean-du-Sud in Practical Boat Owner
Jean-du-Sud can be seen in an article about windvanes. The article mentions Caphorn products. There is a deep history connecting Jean-du-Sud to CapHorn products. You cean read about it here.
Jean-du-Sud can be seen in an article about windvanes. The article mentions Caphorn products. There is a deep history connecting Jean-du-Sud to CapHorn products. You cean read about it here.
I describe how Yves Gélinas taught me to step the mast on Jean-du-Sud. The approach takes a day and no additional equipment… if the boat is properly configured.
I was searching on rudder removal procedures and came accross two useful videos (below).
Here is a great video from la Fabrique Culturelle on sailboat production in Québec (french only). We can see Jean-du-Sud for a few seconds.