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Date Posted: - Wednesday - 02/ 9/11 - 3:05pm
Author: gitano
Subject: Monitor
In reply to: Ben Millett 's message, "What Auto Pilot for M40 is best" on - Tuesday - 02/ 8/11 - 11:35pm

A Scanmar, Monitor windvane, hands down.
http://www.selfsteer.com/

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[> [> Autopilot/autohelm -- Bruce, - Wednesday - 02/ 9/11 - 3:52pm

If you want to be connected to your chart plotter and gps, you can connect a Raymarine or Simrad tiller pilot to the monitor windvane, and it will use far less power than a conventional autopilot connected to the wheel. I would use the Simrad over Raymarine, but they are both exceptional.


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[> [> Auto Pilot -- James (m-31" Pyxis"), - Wednesday - 02/ 9/11 - 4:04pm

To add to Bruce's suggestion. I use an Aries IV (not available new) and a tiller pilot. The combination is amazing. The wind vane can't be beat when sailing it's only short coming is very light down wind air. The tiller pilot is attached to the wind vane sensory blade for motoring and light air down wind. Two of the advantages of this combo are low power consumption the tiller pilot only uses enough amps to drive the sensor not the wheel and economy. I found a good used wind vane for under a $ 1000.00 and the tiller pilot 1000 is $450. So far I have put about 2500 miles on this system most of that off shore. I have not had a single glich. I am buying a second tillerpilot as a back up before I do any crossings just in case. I Think this is the same system Randall is using on Murre.


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[> [> [> Monitor -- Bruce, - Wednesday - 02/ 9/11 - 8:16pm

James is correct. Randall from M31 #95, Murre, uses a Scanmar Monitor windvane with a Raymarine tiller pilot attached. Randall reports that he absolutely loves it. In his own words "it saved my A** on more than one occasion"


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[> [> [> [> M31 #150 -- gitano, - Wednesday - 02/ 9/11 - 8:18pm

Oops. #95 is my boat.


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