I think the slagging of Raymarine pilots is unwarranted. I've got a Raymarine Linear Drive (the big one) and X30 corepack on Bojangles and it works perfectly.
We just did 410 miles from Grenada to BVI - with moderate quartering seas - and the pilot drove the whole way with ZERO cross track error. I've also had it drive the boat for days in 20 foot plus seas where a human helmsman would have been exhausted after a couple of hours or less. Mine's a bigger unit than you'd need on a 37+, but I'm sure the right sized unit would do the trick for you. Cheers Colin On the hook at the Bight. On 3/25/13, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had an ancient Autohelm tillerpilot for 8 years on the 29, and I put the > Ray wheelpilot on Shift 6 years ago. No issues with either one that I could > blame on anything except poor installation. > > On 24 March 2013 19:43, Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I would suspect the fluxgate compass may be located in a bad place on the >> boat where it is affected by something metallic. Or maybe the wiring is >> experiencing a surge from a power source? Besides many hours of sailing >> and motoring a narrow ICW channel, I made at least seven 12 to 13 hour >> trips using our ST 4000plus and never experienced that problem. Six >> hours >> from Atlantic City to Cape May and six hours Cape May to Greenwich, NJ. >> >> Chuck >> Resolute >> 1990 C&C 34R >> Atlantic City, NJ >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"coltrek" <colt...@verizon.net> >> *To: *cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Sent: *Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:29:05 PM >> *Subject: *Re: Stus-List Autopilots >> >> >> Wasn't there some discussion a few months ago about this and someone >> suggested it might be a motor, like perhaps a domestic water pump kicking >> on and off, setting up a magnetic field? >> >> >> Wild Bill >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Jake Brodersen <captain_j...@cox.net> >> Date: 03/24/2013 5:08 PM (GMT-05:00) >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Autopilots >> >> >> My Autohelm 4000+ gets a workout every summer. We motor to Solomons and >> back, 13 hours each way. It usually does a pretty good job, but once in >> a >> while makes a 90 turn and tries to run us aground. I like it, but I also >> need to keep an eye on it. >> >> >> >> Jake >> >> >> >> *Jake Brodersen* >> >> *C&C 35 Mk-III* >> >> *Midnight Mistress* >> >> *Hampton VA* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of >> *Joel >> Aronson >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:30 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Autopilots >> >> >> >> I installed one In the fall. Hardly got to use it. >> >> Joel Aronson >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 23, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I haven't had a failure of a modern Raymarine pilot in many years. It's >> what I'd probably go with. >> >> Andy >> >> C&C 40 >> >> Peregrine >> >> >> Andrew Burton >> >> PO Box 632 >> >> Newport, RI >> >> USA 02840 >> >> >> >> +401 965 5260 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> >> > > > -- > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III > Victoria, BC > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
