Graham, I would check with Fred Street of this list; he has been invaluable to me in getting my drive unit hooked up; we ended up building a sort of shelf with two wooden stringers being covered in fiberglass, then glassed to the underside of the hull; the unit itself was mounted on the port side just aft of the quarterberth; (easily accessible for maintenance); the pin end attaches to the quadrant on the port side; its was difficult to find the correct angle, but once done, it doesn't need to be repeated; so I would recommend biting the bullet now and not having to worry about whether the installation is strong enough later, (maybe in a storm?)...
Richard 1985 37 CB; Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: Graham Collins via CnC-List <[email protected]> To: cnc-list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 20, 2014 8:44 pm Subject: Stus-List where to attach the fixed end of an autopilot linear drive So to close this out, at last report I was looking at bolting my linear drive onto the underside of the propane locker. Turns out that the propane locker is not nearly so beefy as one might think, so that plan is out and now I have a couple of holes to fill in the locker. :-( Plan B is to bolt it to the underside of the cockpit floor, my only reservation with that is the resulting bolt heads in the floor. But much easier than plan C (fab up a shelf and glass it to the hull), and easier to do with the boat already in the water. Hmm... -- Graham Collins Secret Plans C&C 35-III #11 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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