"Cruising" Position would be as good as well as "Sailing" position. These Monty are tough ! Gotta love 'em. -----Larry (in Sacramento, where we are a little too safe and little too comfortable.)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com] On Behalf Of Maria Jorge Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:43 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Auto Pilot mounting Hi Larry: I was chuckling this morning when I read your email. Seems like Rachel and I get get mixed up once in a while. I am going to shoot some photos hopefully this weekend of my autopilot installation since some members on the list are interested. As you know, "Tropical Storm" Katrina passed through South Florida recently and I had a bit of a scare when I went to check on Halcyon, my M17. Halcyon is kept in mast up dry storage. The winds had pushed her half off the trailer and she was heeled over, resting comfortably in a "sailing" position. We braced her and floated her off. We were lucky....absolutely no damage! Maria ---- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E Yake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:21 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Auto Pilot mounting > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
