Lightweight servo-pendulum gear in aluminium and acetal, maade in S.Africa but with a UK agent. Very affordable.

The Navik is an ideal vane for lighter boats under 10m, and is available online from the UK via this website.

Huge range of packaged and modular autopilot systems for tiller or wheel steered yachts, available from Raymarine Ltd, Portsmouth.

Aluminium alloy servo-pendulum windvane system for which the manufacturers claim extreme durability and reliability.

Custom Built, Servo Pendulum Wind Vane self-steering systems. Design flexibility to suit most yachts up to 35ft.

Basic instructions on making your own wind vane from cheap, readily available materials. Good photographs illustrate the system.

This SailNet article by Paul & Sheryl Shard is an excellent guide to selecting a suitable windvane for your boat and your voyages.

This page describes a simple, inexpensive way to make a sailboat steer itself using wind power, some string and some surgical tubing.

New product. Jib sheet to tiller design. Easy to install, easy to use, no windvanes . . . nothing hanging off the stern . . . built to last.

Claims to be a "no nonsense" gear, combining tested principles with simple engineering. The least expensive steering gear of its type.

Lightweight servo-pendulum gear with adjustable response. Each gear is individually designed in Canada for the customer's boat.

A range of three H-vane servo-pendulum windvanes manufactured in Germany. Interesting set of articles on'The Perfect Yacht'.

Order plans online to build a trim tab type wind vane self steering gear suitable for transom mounting on 24 - 60ft yachts.

Discuss the design, construction and use of windvanes, sheet-to-tiller, vane assisted tiller pilots, and other self-steering gear.