I was trying to remember if you owned a Dolphin, or if your boat was named Dolphin, Giles ... Yankee Dolphins are reviewed in the latest issue of Good Old Boat ... But I should've remembered ... I remember Googling the Vancouver 25' once upon a time .. --Craig
----- Original Message ----- From: Morris, Giles To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Auto Pilot mounting > I am curious about how others have mounted their auto pilots on M17's. I > have an older Navico Tiller-pilot and at first glance the coaming is too far > away, and the cockpit seat in too far below the tiller for any convenient > mounting arrangement? How have others accomplished this? I had a somewhat similar problem, in that the tiller was too far above the coaming. It all worked out on Dolphin by raising the coaming mount with a pedestal bracket rather like this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/100 01/125525/10001/630/628/3 and by attaching a bracket below the tiller, somewhat like this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/100 01/7598/10001/630/628/3 . It works well. If it's just a matter of distance, you could use an extension rod. I like mine enough that after it went nuts on my last trip (it misunderstood the Tack command as "Hard a starboard, and keep it there forever") I decided to buy another. Luckily, it restored itself to useful life after being unpowered for a while. Giles Morris Vancouver 25 Dolphin _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
