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Originally Posted by earthbm
What autopilot are your I using? Raymarine seems to handle winds and swell pretty well on my trimaran.
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I have a
Furuno autopilot driving an L&S hydraulic drive. I kept the original Ray AP as a backup.
The Ray APs I've had have had some issues with
reliability. I replaced the AP computer 3 times in 8 or 9 years on my previous
boat. Ray likes planned incompatibility, so each time you replace the computer you have to replace the control
head.
The Ray APs drove the
boat well when they are driving. There method of failing is unsafe. If the boat gets off course the unit would raise an
alarm and quit driving. Essentially taking its hands off the
wheel. So on rare occasions the boat just takes a flyer.