At different times, I owned a TP10 and a Raymarine tillerpilot with my
previous boat.
I thought the Raymarine was a little more sophisticated and performed a
little better than the TP10. But it also cost substantially more. In
addition, it had a crappy seal that allowed water to drip on the circuit
panel when I cruised through rainstorms. Eventually, that killed the
Raymarine.
The TP10 performed competently for about six months, until it developed
an electrical problem. Simrad replaced the circuit panel for free under
warranty and returned it within a couple of weeks. It worked fine after
that.
My opinion: No tillerpilot is going to be perfect on a fin keel boat.
The helm is just too sensitive. But it sure is nice to have one when youre
singlehanding.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Sid
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IC27A] recommendations on tiller autopilot
Does anyone have suggestions for a tiller autopilot? Looks like both Simrad
and Raymarine have offerings, but I would like to hear from anyone with some
experience or recommendations.
I seem to remember there were some posts on this a while back, but I was
unable to find any reference by searching past posts.
Thanks.
