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Subject: TWL: RE: Autopilot Selection & Installation
From: Keith Pleas (keithp@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 21:35:52 EST
>>It appears that not only has the company that made my hydraulic
steering out of business...
Not really. The merged hydraulic division is in Vancouver (as somebody
on the list mentioned). Their phone # is 604-270-6899. I actually talked
to a tech there this week about my older Capilano system: I'm thinking
of adding a second steering station and needed some advice. The tech's
name is Al, and he's at extension 276. Anyway, he seemed pretty familiar
with the old stuff and even faxed me a maintenance manual for my 275V
helm.
As for autopilots, I installed one this year (actually, had a contractor
install most of it). I couldn't afford the $5K+ price tags I was quoted
on setups like the Robertson, so I bought a Cetrek unit used from a past
commodore of a local yacht club: he'd used it for a few months before
buying a new boat that already had one installed. He kept the Cetrek
when he sold his old boat: he liked it so much he was going to install
it on the new boat but then decided the existing one was OK.
Anyway, I got it complete with _everything_ including remote for $1,500
(it was about $3,000 new) and the installation ran me about another
$800. The only problem was that we installed the pump in the pilothouse
since that was easier: the pump makes a noticeable noise when jogging
(not when steering) and thus should have been mounted back near the
steering gear.
Keith
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