You should be able to use most (or all) of the same wiring for the new drive; but you might need to redo your mounting shelf (or whatever you’ve got) depending on the geometry of the new drive’s mounting. Shouldn’t be a bad swap, and I think you’ll be happy with the Octopus.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:59 AM, David <davidrisc...@msn.com> wrote: > FWIW...I just took off my Autohelm linear drive. After many years it finally > died. It was the Series one, or rated up to 24,000 lbs. It performed > flawlessly in all sorts of weather on all points of sail. I am manic about > sail balance and no more than 5 degrees of helm and reefing early (especially > offshore) > > Corsair spec displacement is 17,100. But I am sure all up she is pushing > 19,000. I will once again replace it with the Octopus hydraulic unit of the > same rating. > > I am hoping it is an easy swap. > > David F. Risch > (401) 419-4650 (cell)
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