[Rhodes22-list] Autopilot favorites?.

[SVGravityLeak at aol.com]

Jim,

I have an Autohelm.  Its tough, flexible, doesn't mind getting wet and the 
remote doubles the pleasure.

Fred

In a message dated 10/18/04 5:52:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jdwhite at utpa.edu writes:

> 
> Well.....I seem to have come up with a solution for my whisker pole a la 
> Chris G., an old Boston Whaler (for the padeye), a couple of parts from 
> Zimco Marine (our friendly commercial fishing supply house in Port Isabel) 
> and some scrounged up parts here at the lab, and it actually works pretty 
> well! I've only used it in light air, but will give it a hardcore test as 
> soon as the winds abate a little (they're like 30mph+ gusting higher right 
> now, 93 degrees too....a regular gen-aire effect, nobody's out).
> 
> My next project prior to ordering new sails (as soon as we get another rare 
> bird survey contract or two) is to install a tiller autopilot. I don't 
> recall any threads concerning favorites? Is there one model ya'll like more 
> than the other? Reasons? Hope I'm not rehashing old territory, if 
> so....sorry.
> Desde los tropicos.....gracias
> 
> Jim White
> Le Menagerie