I was trying to remember if you owned a Dolphin, or if your boat was named Dolphin, Giles ... Yankee Dolphins are reviewed in the latest issue of Good Old Boat ... But I should've remembered ... I remember Googling the Vancouver 25' once upon a time .. --Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: Morris, Giles To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 2:14 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Auto Pilot mounting
I am curious about how others have mounted their auto pilots on M17's. I have an older Navico Tiller-pilot and at first glance the coaming is too far away, and the cockpit seat in too far below the tiller for any convenient mounting arrangement? How have others accomplished this?
I had a somewhat similar problem, in that the tiller was too far above the coaming. It all worked out on Dolphin by raising the coaming mount with a pedestal bracket rather like this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/100 01/125525/10001/630/628/3 and by attaching a bracket below the tiller, somewhat like this http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/10001/-1/100 01/7598/10001/630/628/3 . It works well. If it's just a matter of distance, you could use an extension rod. I like mine enough that after it went nuts on my last trip (it misunderstood the Tack command as "Hard a starboard, and keep it there forever") I decided to buy another. Luckily, it restored itself to useful life after being unpowered for a while. Giles Morris Vancouver 25 Dolphin