Hi Greg,
Here's what it looks like on my boat. I don't like the power socket
position. It's always getting kicked out. The tiller extension clip is
off center so it doesn't hit the pin. This is a pedestal socket base
through bolted to the lazarette hatch, and a 1.5" pedestal socket riser.
Stephen
On Jun 10, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Greg Biggers wrote:
> Thanks for all the autopilot replies (and keep 'em coming if you've
> got more).
>> Based on the review in this months' Practical Sailor and on Skip
> Allan's single handed transpac endorsement, I had been looking at
> the Raymarine ST1000+ (one can hope for an expensive Fathers Day
> present!). But Pat points out that the one-up-from-lowest Simrad
> TP22 can respond to NMEA wind change data. Is anyone using one of
> those?
>> I currently lack a windex and next time I work on the mast I will
> either add a simple windex or _possibly_ (though may not be worth
> it) the new Garmin wind instrument <https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=162&pID=15014> > that Ben over at panbo.com seems to like. If I did that, I wonder
> if that Simrad would do better.
>> Overall, I tend to like simpler better. But anyone have experience
> to share w/ a tiller pilot that responds to conditions?
>> Fun Zone Tom, when you say your 2000+ does poorly in high wind, what
> does that look like?
>> Someone asked me to post the replies I got that did not go to the
> whole list. I don't think anyone was sharing sensitive info, so here
> goes:
>> ===
>> I think you would be just as happy with a tiller tamer
> The auto pilot doesn't react fast enough for the quick steering of a
> Santana
>> Ron Posey
> Hull # 28
> ===
>> I was crewing for Tom Montoya the other day and
> noticed he had installed a tiller pilot for Meliki. I am not sure the
> make/model but he said it works great when singlehanding and was
> pretty
> easy to install. I also noticed that he has a very small battery so
> it
> must be easy on the power consumption.
>> Adding a tiller pilot is on my list of upgrades for Maguro so it would
> be good to hear what has worked for others.
>> Chuck
>> 'Maguro' #158
> ===
>> I have a Raymarine 2000+ tillerpilot on my boat. I use it mainly
> when I go to the front of the boat or for hands free steering on the
> way to the race course. It is useable in light winds, marginal in
> medium winds and useless in heavy winds. Installation was straight
> forward and ony required half a day to complete.
> If you sail on a lake you will get more use out of it than if you
> sail in the ocean or the bay like I do. I'd do it again but its not
> what I expected.
>> Tom
>> #664 Fun Zone
>> ===
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On Jun 11, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Stephen Buckingham wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> I have the ST 1000 tiller pilot installed on my S22. There are only
> 2 measurements to make to determine where the mounting socket goes
> on the starboard lazarette hatch, and where the pin goes in the
> tiller. However, different tiller head configurations and different
> tiller shapes will make the vertical height of these two points
> different on each boat. The unit comes with the pin that is placed
> in the tiller, and a socket that can be flush mounted on the
> lazarette hatch. In my particular set up, with the pin mounted and
> epoxied into the tiller, the socket would have been too low for the
> tiller pilot to be level athwart-ships. Raymarine makes pushrod
> extensions, tiller brackets, cantilever sockets, pedestal sockets
> and alternative tiller pins to fit any configuration. I went with a
> pedestal socket base through bolted to the lazarette hatch, and a
> 1.5" pedestal socket riser. Hope this helps. I'll try to get some
> photos when I'm on the boat next.
> Stephen
> Tchoupitoulas
>>http://www.raymarine.com/productdocumentfinder.aspx> On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Greg Biggers wrote:
>>> Turns out the Raymarine ST1000+ will take NMEA 0183 (apparently not
>> N2K) data for sailing to the wind position. So that means the up-
>> level TP22 is not necessary, even if I fly the Garmin masthead
>> (guess I have to check that the Garmin will output 0183 sentences,
>> though).
>>>>>> That ST1000+ keeps looking better and better as a Fathers Day
>> present...
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