Among this year's upgrades was replacing the very old Autohelm ST4000 wheel pilot on our E33 with the current offering from Raymarine. I have gotten a ways into the installation and run into the typical minor problems and questions involved in any boat project and am continuing to work through them without a lot of problems.
However, the one item which has had me puzzled since before I bought this thing, and which looks even worse after crawling around "the dungeon" with the supplied piece is how to install this rudder position sensor. It looks like I need to build up a mount for this thing and then install a mechanical linkage between this and the steering quadrant or some such. What a complete nightmare for a device which was not even included with our other autopilot! Has anyone else installed this thing and have any pointers on how to do it? Might there be a different sort of device I could install which is better suited to connect to my steering linkage? Do I really need to do some fairly precise fiberglass work in one of the most difficult parts of our boat to get at?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
However, the one item which has had me puzzled since before I bought this thing, and which looks even worse after crawling around "the dungeon" with the supplied piece is how to install this rudder position sensor. It looks like I need to build up a mount for this thing and then install a mechanical linkage between this and the steering quadrant or some such. What a complete nightmare for a device which was not even included with our other autopilot! Has anyone else installed this thing and have any pointers on how to do it? Might there be a different sort of device I could install which is better suited to connect to my steering linkage? Do I really need to do some fairly precise fiberglass work in one of the most difficult parts of our boat to get at?
Any advice would be much appreciated.