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SAILBOAT WEATHERVANE
Viking Ship Sailboat Weather Vane
by West Coast Weather Vanes
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Please click on the thumbnails below for more information on other sailboats weathervanes
Sailboat Weathervane Gaff-Rigged Yawl Sailboat
Sailboat Weathervane Whaling Ship
Sailboat Weathervane Another view of the Viking Ship
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Sailboat Weathervane, Viking Ship
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Please click on the thumbnails below for more information on other sailboats weathervanes
Sailboat Weathervane Hinckley Yawl
Sailboat Weathervane Traditional
Sailboat Weathervane Set of the Sail
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Please click on the thumbnails above to view larger images or more information. West Coast Weather Vanes specializes in custom copper weathervanes and many of our sailboat weathervane designs represent actual sailboats. Customers often want the sailboat weathervane we make for them to reflect their boat. You can see a number of examples here on our website where we have done precisely that. In addition to creating weathervanes based on specific sailboats, we often gold leaf the name of the sailboat right onto the weathervane. Sails can also be customized to look like those on the real sailboat.
There are several factors that affect the price of our boat weathervanes. If our customers are able to provide us with schematic drawings of their boat, we can often reduce our standard custom design fee accordingly. Some of our customers have even lent us models of their boat to help us made their weathervane as realistic as possible. Because the price of all our weathervanes is based on how long it takes us to make them, another consideration is how detailed we make the weathervane. Some of our sailboat weathervanes have cockpits, steering wheels, detailed sheets, etc. Some don’t. Normally, you look up at a weathervane so details like the cockpit and steering wheel may not be visible from this angle. If we eliminate these features or reduce them in complexity, we can reduce the cost of the weathervane accordingly.
One thing to remember, however, is that handmade copper weathervanes can last a very long time, even a century or more, and the weathervane may not spend its entire life in its original location up on the roof or on a cupola. Someone in the future may want to take the weathervane down off the roof and display it indoors as a piece of American Folk Art. If this is the case, details like the cockpit and steering wheel would be visible. This is one important aspect in favor of adding these types of details. Either way, since each vane is made to individual order, we can add or eliminate details based on our customer’s preference.
Custom sailboat weathervanes make wonderful gifts. Probably more than half the sailboat weathervanes we’ve made were given as gifts, either for a birthday or other special occasion or by a grateful crew to its skipper. If you are interested in one of our custom sailboat weathervanes, please contact us at (831) 425-5505. We would be happy to provide you with a quote.
Here's a listing with links to our sailboat weathervanes: A-Cat Sailboat Weathervane, Concordia Sailboat Weathervane, Gaff Rigged Yawl Sailboat Weathervane, Hinckley Pilot Yawl Sailboat Weathervane, Set of the Sail Weathervane, Traditional Sailboat Weathervane, Viking Ship Weathervane, Whaling Ship Weathervane.
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Click here for pricing information on this weather vane.
Click here if you need help determining the correct size weather vane for you situation.
Click here if you would like suggestions on various methods of installing a weathervane.
Click here (if applicable to this weathervane) to view our weathervane eye color selection chart.
Click here for more information on gold leafing a weather vane.
Click here for more information about how we can personalize a weathervane.
Ordering Information:
To place an order, please call us at (831) 425-5505.
At the time you call, we will provide you with an estimated completion date.
At the time the order is placed, a deposit of 1/3 is due. Upon receipt of the deposit, time will be reserved in our schedule. The balance is due when the weather vane has been completed and prior to shipping. Deposits can be made with Visa, MasterCard or check.
All West Coast Weather Vanes are custom made for the person who orders them.
PDF BOOKLET on our Sailboat Weathervanes
If you have a website that features Sailboats, please contact us about exchanging web links.
Other Sailboat Links of interest:
- Web page about the Gokstad ship excavation
- The Oslo Viking Ship Museum
- Gaia, the Gokstad Ship copy
- The Oseberg Ship
- Leif Ericson Viking Ship LEVS is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit educational organization dedicated to the study, education and promotion of the fact that Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot upon and explore the North American Continent and of Vikings in general, their times and travels throughout the world.
- Rebuilding and sailing a Viking Knarr ship
How Sails Really Work Arvel Gentry was largely responsible for delineating the modern theory of Sails. Quoted extensively by Marchaj and others this is his website. Includes articles on how sails really work and the implications for design and trim.
Sailing and the Tech Dinghy -- MIT's dinghy sailing instruction booklet