I have the later type Autohelm 1000 tiller pilot to fit to my H260. Can anyone out there please give me their preferred positioning and hopefully with some tips and pics. It has no extras except for the tiller pin and the brass mounting socket.
H260 Autohelm
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This is the best picture I could find of mine. This is my H26 so its a little different. I made the bracket on the left out of aluminum. It is not pretty but it works. I made it so that I could remove it easily if I didn't need it but it turns out I use it all the time. on the tiller side of it I took a piece of stainless rod, I think it was 1/2". I drilled a hole in the end of the rod for the pin and then a hole through the tiller for the whole thing to go through. I was going to weld it in place but it ended up that it wedged in there to tight I haven't had to. I have since cut off the extra on the bottom and cleaned it up a bit. I'll try and take a better picture sometime.
If its not too windy a 3 year old with the tiller extension works pretty good too.
close up of the pin on the tiller
If its not too windy a 3 year old with the tiller extension works pretty good too.
close up of the pin on the tiller
Cheers for the quick reply, I'm not sure if I can mount a alloy mount like yours. I don't know if it's possible to get access from to inside. I will take a good look though.
If I bought in the UK, a push rod extension, pedestal extension and base plus the tiller bracket, this would come to just under 200 USD, ridiculous?
Get the crew young because they get their own agenda's as they get older !!
If I bought in the UK, a push rod extension, pedestal extension and base plus the tiller bracket, this would come to just under 200 USD, ridiculous?
Get the crew young because they get their own agenda's as they get older !!
Graham, I installed my ST-1000 on the port side, in front of the ladder. The bracket is mounted directly to the deck and the electrical connector is mounted on the side of the seat. I purchased a large extension pole to lift the tiller up higher. The brackets is mounted to the bottom of the tiller. The set-up work flawless. I have no pictures but this is the exact set-up
http://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=15&aid=6722&mn=26
You cannot mount it to the floor on the other side because the mount goes right in the gap for the outboard. When you instal make sure you have exact meassuremnt and right angle to find the mount location. Once you complete the install you have to tell the ST-1000 it is on the other side (or it will steer a back bearing). As I recall this was a simple as holding he plus and minus 10 for 3 seconds (check the manual)
This changed sailing for me immensely. I am now free to putter around the boat and fix things while underway.
Good Luck
http://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=15&aid=6722&mn=26
You cannot mount it to the floor on the other side because the mount goes right in the gap for the outboard. When you instal make sure you have exact meassuremnt and right angle to find the mount location. Once you complete the install you have to tell the ST-1000 it is on the other side (or it will steer a back bearing). As I recall this was a simple as holding he plus and minus 10 for 3 seconds (check the manual)
This changed sailing for me immensely. I am now free to putter around the boat and fix things while underway.
Good Luck
Cheers for a great reply with pics. Unfortunately it's looking like I will need to spend mucho on genuine fittings. Also by the pics, your deck layout looks very different to my H260. My centre seat is maybe 2' high from the cockpit floor.
I did that mod last year. Got all of my extra parts on eBay. Here are some pics. They are not great pics. The round base is for a pin that the auto-tiller sits in. I have mine mounted to port very close to the swim ladder. The pin screws out so you don't trip over it when using the swim platform. The s-curved bracket sits under the tiller and the "pin" is on that bracket.
