Pete: Out of curiosity, what “died” in your Raymarine system? I have owned and installed a whack of these systems and have had very few problems over the years.
Also, unless I’m suffering more than usual today, the Garmin Shadow Drive will only work when installed in the line from a helm pump in a fully hydraulic steering system. It will not work on a cable driven system such as that found in most C&C sail boats. Nice idea, but…. Rich Knowles Nanaimo, BC Boatless! On Oct 9, 2015, at 06:56, Pete Shelquist via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Cruising World has a article summarizing different autopilot manufacturers in the Oct issue. Not a lot of detail, but another source of input. I installed Raymarine SPX-30 in ’08 and it died on me this summer. I’ll replace with Garmin over the winter. Next summer I’ll be able to give a more thorough review of difference, but the Shadow Drive function in Garmin is very clever. #friendsdon’tletfriendsbuyraymarine -----Original Message----- From: Edd Schillay via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com <mailto:e...@schillay.com>> Sent: Thu, Oct 8, 2015 5:56 pm Subject: Stus-List Autopilot Recommendations Listers, My wife is considering buying me an autopilot system for my 50th (YIKES!) birthday next year to replace our failing Robertson unit. She saw the video from the 2015 Northeast Rendezvous of Nader sitting in his cockpit eating lunch while the boat drove itself to Clinton and said “Oh you gotta have that!” The Octopus hydraulic drive is already installed and I’m somewhat partial to the Raymarine EV-200 system (and Fred Street has pretty good pricing), but wanted to see if anyone else has recommendations on units I should look at. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> <image001.png> _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com> _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com>
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