Re: Stus-List Autopilot selection and install

2018-06-04 Thread Frederick G Street via CnC-List
Alan — short of a below-deck pilot, your only other real choice would be another wheel pilot; and there, you only have one choice right now: the Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot. Nobody else is making one at this time. The drive on the EV is better and more capable than the older version you

Re: Stus-List Autopilot selection and install

2018-06-02 Thread G Collins via CnC-List
Hi Allan It is probably possible, on my 35-3 there was room under the quadrant to add a tiller arm (I actually bolted mine to the quadrant for additional support).  I had enough exposed shaft, with keyway, to fit it.  My pilot drive (a Raymarine, type 1 I think) runs from the tiller arm to a

Stus-List Autopilot selection and install

2018-06-02 Thread Allan Hester via CnC-List
Hi Fred and listers, As you know, I am considering a new autopilot. Autopilots are something I know nothing about. The Raymarine ST4000 currently installed works but it is very old and is not capable of steering the boat straight in anything other than a relatively flat sea state.