That’s a standard Edson autopilot tiller arm; it’s the preferred way of attaching the ram to the rudder post below-decks, assuming you’ve got enough room to do that. Some of our C&Cs, mine included, won’t allow that luxury, so the pilot’s ram needs to be attached (preferably to a reinforcement plate) directly to the quadrant.
If you want to go the B&G route, you’ll probably want to go with Simrad for the pilot. Simrad is the parent company for B&G (as well as Lowrance). Raymarine is still, to my mind, a good option for both instruments, plotters and autopilots; but if there’s room for it I’d definitely consider going with an Octopus hydraulic linear drive over a comparable Raymarine mechanical drive, for its power and longevity. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Jul 7, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Sea Hawk came with a simrad package already installed. There is a shelf > which appears to be 3/4" plywood encapsulated and glassed to the hull under > the stbd propane locker. The hydraulic piston is mounted to the shelf and > drives a bronze arm attached to the rudder shaft. The feedback positionner > is mounted to an additional shelf on the port side of the rudder sleeve and > the linkage attaches to the same bronze arm. Right now all I have are > pictures of the bronze arm. The arm is a standard piece which can be bought > on defender. > > https:// > <https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yQWIyanRiTzBKRlk/edit>drive.google.com > > <https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yQWIyanRiTzBKRlk/edit>/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yQWIyanRiTzBKRlk/edit > <https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B8pEh5lnvP1yQWIyanRiTzBKRlk/edit> > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hash > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > I just bought a 37 Plus and want to install a below deck autopilot. Has > anyone done this? I am interested in the details of how (and where) to mount > the ram. Pictures would be wonderful. > > Thanks, > Gary > S/V High Maintenance > 1990 C&C 37 Plus > East Greenwich, RI, USA > ~~~~~~~_/)~~~~~~
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