A sailor friend of mine, Mike on s/v Solana, told me about a way to connect a small tiller autopilot to my Monitor windvane and though the tiller autopilot may be undersized for your particular boat, because it is rigged to the windvane, the windvane rudder would handle all the muscle work. I checked out Monitor's website and a video or two and decided to give it a shot.
Though I haven't tested it yet, the tiller autopilot to windvane system is installed and from what I can tell in the slip, appears to be working. The pics are pretty self-explanatory, but if you have any questions, leave a message at the beep.
Fair seas and God bless!
Tiller pilot should lie horizontally.
ReplyDeleteThanks Andre... I can shave a little off the starboard.
DeleteI have heard of people doing the same thing. I have a tiller pilot on my boat (don't know if it works yet) but setup to connect directly to the tiller.
ReplyDeleteHope your setup works out for you.
I'll let you know Dan... hope all is well with you.
Deleteall is well. I've been painting my fuel tank lately.
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Wow... it looks great. Hope there's a gauge to tell you fuel levels. I have to use a wooden dowel to determine my tank levels... doubt you could do that.
DeleteLooks great!