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The completed installation. |
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The bracket is attached on the underside of the tiller, 18" forward (forward
is to the right in this picture) of the gudgeons on the rudder. |
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Another shot of the tiller |
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A cantilever post was mounted on the inside of the cockpit, 18" forward
of the gudgeons. Use of the cantilever post keeps the autopilot unit down
low, where the mainsheet can't catch easily it and flip it overboard. Note
that the stanchion for the cockpit rails is also approx 18" forward of the
gudgeons, and therefor you can't mount the autopilot on top of the coaming,
even if it were a better locations (which it isn't because of the risk of
catching a line on it) |
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Close up of the cantilever bracket and the powercord recepticle. The post
can be removed by unscrewing it, but it doesn't get in the way where it
is. The powercord has wires for connecting to the GPS, which is on a swing
out arm in the companionway. The GPS can drive the boat to a waypoint. |
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A tape measure to give approximate dimensions. |
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This is the nicest tiller tamer I've ever seen. If you don't want an autopilot,
you may want to consider the Tiller Stay. It's available thru Catalina Direct
800 959-7245. Their website is at http://www.catalinadirect.com |
