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When I took over the production of the Aries vane
gear, I had a talk with Nick Franklin about his earlier models. The model to the right was produced for about 1 ½ year. Nick told me the story how he got many nice replies from customers but also the odd
ones that had had very bad experiences where the Aries suddenly had lost control of the boat in bad weather. In harbours quite a few of the gears had damages done by bumping against poles or heavy lines
getting caught on the gear.
The damages in harbour was quite simple, the
construction was not perfect. Imagine that you hold a shaft in one hand, the shaft pointing aft. If something touches the shaft, you have little chance to hold it. If you hold it in one hand and with the
other you hold the end sticking out, you are much stronger if something touches your shaft.
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