UNTIE THE LINES | Testing Windvane-Autopilot Construction
January 26, 2016 by WhiteSpotPirates | Language: EN Play Time: 00:00:18 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
I wrote a small blog post about connecting my tillerpilot to my windvane. You can check it out here http://whitespotpirates.com/how-to-connect-a-raymarine-tillerpilot-to-a-windpilot-pacific/ Anyone of you have a similar set up on your boat?
My Raymarine autopilot is not strong enough for my 8.5t aluminum Reinke Super 10. That is why I decided to try out what I had read from other boat owners with the same problem: to connect my autopilot to my Windpilot Pacific to reduce the needed power for stearing.
I still have to test it out on the water…but it seems to work so far. I was just wondering if it could possibily damage my windvane with this set up, that is why I wanted to ask Peter Foerthmann of http://www.windpilot.com/ for advice. Let’s see what he thinks about it…
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
ATTENTION: this is REAL TIME 😉 Just mounted that thing yesterday! I know this is all very confusing with the timing and stuff…sorry for that.
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