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Although dumb to go through the bridge (or into it) under autopilot, there
is a probable explanation. They were on the fluxgate compass, not GPS, and
the magnetic attraction of all the steel in the concrete support disturbed
the fluxgate.
East of Knapp's Narrows on the Bay, if you go North from the Narrows you run
over an iron deposit or a really BIG magnet which causes autopilots to go
nuts.
I guess this all fits under, "Autopilots don't kill people, people kill
people."
Ron Rogers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Letsgosailing" <>
| Last summer at Port Annapolis marina in Annapolis there was a 50 ft
cruiser
| that
| went head on to one of the pillars on under the bay bridge under
auto-pilot.
| It was a write-off.
| Yanni Marinated
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