Fred:

 

With Fury 2000 miles away and the linear drive buried deep in the stern of
the boat, I am not sure how I would get the model number.  Are there
physical differences that would obvious looking at it?  For example would
the ram be larger for the type 2?  

 

My fluxgate compass connects to the brain.  I then connected my I 70
instruments to the Seatalk out  put at the brain to get heading info.  That
Seatalk info connects to a converter to Seatalk ng.

 

Fred

S/V Fury

 

 

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick
G Street
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 4:16 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Autohelm Auto pilot

 

Fred - can you get me the model number of the linear drive in your boat (I'm
assuming it's linear.)?  Specs on the website show the displacement of the
C&C44 at 20,000 lbs; the drive you've got will determine whether you'll need
the Raymarine ACU-200 or ACU-400 course computer.  The Type 1 drives (which
would require the ACU-200) are generally rated to 24,000 lbs displacement,
which is right on the edge for your boat; if you have a Type 2, you'll need
the more powerful ACU-400 to drive it.

 

The control head in either case will be the p70; that and the heading sensor
connect to the ACU via SeaTalkNG (Raymarine's NMEA2000 variant), so some
SeaTalk cabling will be needed.

 

You should be able to reuse the cabling you have now between the course
computer and the drive, as well as the power supply from the breaker panel
to the course computer.  You'll need to change the cabling between the
computer and the control head, and extend that SeatalkNG bus to the heading
sensor.  Overall, it would be a pretty simple change-out.

 

Does your autopilot system currently connect to any other instruments via
SeaTalk?

 

I'll try to get you contact info on the repair guy next week.

 

- Fred


Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI   :^(

 

On Nov 30, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Fred Hazzard <fredhazz...@spiritone.com> wrote:





Fred,

 

Thanks your offers of help with the auto pilot.   Please send me price to
replace with newer brain and control head.   I would also appreciate any
info you can give about how to hook up the old parts to the new unit.

 

I would also like to speak with the Colorado man about possible repairs.

 

 

Thanks

 

Fred Hazzard

 

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