Raytheon Tiller Autohelms

reefmagnet · May 14, 2001

I am using the Navico TP-100 and find it very adequate.Regards,

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reefmagnet · May 14, 2001

Thanks Gene. I'll look into the Navico autohelm, and compare it with the
Raytheon.

Steve

reefmagnet · May 14, 2001

I am using the Autohelm 800 which is the same as the 1000 without the
fluxgate compass feature.
Works great in light conditions under engine power. Has difficulty holding
course under heavy seas, especially when going downwind, even when motoring.
I don't know that a more powerful unit, ST-2000, would make any difference
in this limitation.

reefmagnet · May 18, 2001

Wow !! an Autohelm 800 !!! I didn't think any were still around. Cin Cin had one onboard when I bought her 20 years ago, and it worked great while motoring and was only OK when hard on the wind, however I had a bad habit back then of not reefing soon enough and sure as heck the internal motor burned up trying to keep up with the weather helm. For the next two days I had to hand steer (single-handed), no fun. After comparing spec's in the mid 90's , I settled for a Navico, they offered two tiller models, I believe 1000, and 2000. At any rate I took the more powerful of the two, and find that it doesn't seem to work any better than the 800 when off the wind. My personal opinion, is that none of them work very well down wind. Having said that, I would'nt go anywhere without it.

Frank, sv Cin Cin, V-2184AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Raytheon Tiller Autohelms

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