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About Us
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Hand-crafted on Cape Cod since 1939, Cape Cod® Wind & Weather Indicators let you bring the weather indoors. These quality, precision instruments include the Cape Cod® Wind Speed Indicator (available with optional Peak Gust Register), Cape Cod® Wind Direction Indicator, Cape Cod® Marine Barometer, and Cape Codder® Clock (available with optional Tide Hand).
History of the Business In 1939, Aaron Davis of Harwich Port and his son David, native Cape Codders with close ties to the sea, designed and began production of two unique instruments that would appeal to sailors and other outdoorsmen of all persuasions: a wind speed indicator and a wind direction indicator.
Those first instruments, crude by today’s standards but technological marvels at the time, soon caught the public’s interest and Cape Cod Wind & Weather Indicators was born. Within a few years the company had grown and hired its first employee. In 1964, the company moved into a small 1850’s vintage cottage on Main Street in Harwich Port, in view of Wychmere Harbor, a site that was to be its home for over 40 years.
After almost 30 years of producing just the two wind indicators, in 1977 the company introduced a Marine Barometer, incorporating a precision movement made in Germany. This was soon followed by the Cape Codderâ clock in 1982. In 1995, an Atlantic Coast tide indicator option was added to the clock. Most recently, in 2006 a Peak Gust Register was introduced as an option for the Wind Speed Indicator. This long-requested option was designed to be retrofitable to any speed indicator manufactured after 1969. New products are being planned, so stay tuned for the latest developments.
In 2007, David Davis, after 68 years directing the business and approaching his 88th birthday, sold the business to Ren Nichols, the owner and president of Allen Harbor Marine in Harwich Port (in business since 1927!). In September of that year, the wind indicator business made the mile and a half move west to Allen Harbor. Blair Nikula, a 34-year employee of the business (and son of Jim Nikula, one of the business’s first employees), moved with the business and today serves as Operations Manager.
Now known as Cape Cod Wind and Weather, Inc., we (all native Cape Codders with a stubborn commitment to the highest tradition of Yankee craftsmanship) look forward to bringing the business into the 21st Century, while continuing to produce instruments unsurpassed in both quality and elegant appearance – products that the homeowner would be proud to display in any room of the house. We invite you to become a part of this New England tradition!
Location Cape Cod Wind and Weather is located upstairs in the main building at Allen Harbor Marine Service, on Lower County Road in Harwich Port. For directions and a map, click here.
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