Oops. It was Maria, not Rachael, that also used a coaming mount. On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:09:37 -0700 Larry E Yake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed a Simrad 10 tiller pilot on Tullamore this spring. The > height difference between the seat and the tiller on a 17 is pretty > substantial. Around 13.5" as I recall. More than you can make up > with a > pedestal bracket and tiller drop bracket. Like Rachael, I ended up > installing the coaming mount on the seat back. It's a rather > expensive > part, around $70, but it works well, makes a clean functional mount, > and > also solves the distance problem from the coaming to the tiller. > The > extension rod that screws into the coaming mount can be removed when > you > don't expect to use the tiller pilot for a while, leaving only the > mounting plate and power plug in sight. I installed mine an inch or > two > closer to the transom than is recommended in the instructions to > allow > the cover on the small starboard hatch to be opened with the pilot > in > place. It doesn't seem to have affected the performance. > > Larry > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:14:11 -0400 "Morris, Giles" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > >
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