Some advice from someone that used to be a Raytheon dealer:

1.       The X5 and other wheel-pilots are all fair weather devices. They work 
fine for motoring or sailing in easy conditions. If you can steer without too 
much trouble, so can they. Going downwind with any kind of sea is usually 
hopeless for them. OTOH at least in my case they can go to windward in about 
any kind of weather.

2.       The "max displacement" is only slightly helpful. What they are trying 
to do is very roughly correspond steering forces with boat size. For an obvious 
counter-example, a wheel-pilot will work fine on a freighter, seeing as how 
they have power-steering. For a C&C example, a Landfall 38 is likely easier on 
the helm and more stable than my 35, despite being longer and heavier.

3.       Below decks hydraulic drives rule over all other types for heavy duty 
use.

4.       For real low power consumption steering, you can adapt a tiller pilot 
to control some types of windvanes. The windvane itself supplies all the grunt.

Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I
Autohelm 4000 wheel pilot serving for 26 years now :)

From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Paul Eugenio
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:18 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List ActiveCaptain/Defender AutoPilot Special

Frank,

I do not have an autopilot yet installed on my 38LF.   I do have a Raymarine 
SPX-5 wheel autopilot which I had installed on my 29-1(it is now currently at 
Raymarine getting the computer repaired).   A 38LF is right at the max 
displacement limit for a SPX-5, and I was thinking about giving it a try, but I 
am strongly thinking about following Fred's recommendation in getting the 
EV-200 Sail paired with an Octopus 1212LAM12 hydraulic linear drive.


Paul


On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, 
cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote:


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Frank Woronkowicz 
<fworonkow...@gmail.com<mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com><mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com>>
 wrote:
Paul
Prices look fine but what autopilot  will be best to install on LF 38. I am 
looking for under the deck?
If you have autopilot please emal pics.
V/R
Frank Woronkowicz
LF 38
1981
Annapolis
fworonkow...@gmail.com<mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com><mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com>

-
Paul E.
1981 C&C 38LF
S/V Johanna Rose
Carrabelle, FL

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