[CA] [CA11] New wind instrument needle dim

[davidpbush]

Thanks for the reply.

Since I wrote the original message, I crewed on a friends boat who has the exact same instrument, but she got it 4 years ago. It looks exactly the same as mine, with the needle illuminated only partially. So it appears to be working as designed.

Normally I put the apparent wind on the i60 and show the true wind next to it on one of the i70s'. We used this for a recent overnight race. My crew, however, could not see the apparent wind very well (my instruments are perhaps 15' from the wheel) and actually requested that I switch the true and apparent displays at night. Curiously, the display on the i70s has a needle that is illuminated along its full length.

So we will do the best that we can with this set up, and I would encourage your design team to consider improving the illumination of the needle at night.

Phil