ghostlymoron
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I have one of these in the shed and want to sell it. Any idea what it's worth? I know they're not highly thought of but I've always found them brilliant if you get the right model.
Raymarine autopilot
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pvb
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It might help if you say which model it is!
wully1
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Search on flea bay for what they have sold for previously.
maby
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And exactly what is included... There's nothing particularly bad about the electronics of most Raymarine autopilots - it's the servos that tend to be criticised. I would have no hesitation in installing the Raymarine course computer and control head. I might look for third party servo mechanisms to go with it.
pvb
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I could disagree - the Type 1 linear drive is superb, durable and almost bulletproof.
maby
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I've had a type 1 linear drive and I would agree that it is not at all bad. Their hydraulic drives have a bit of a reputation for leaking seals and their wheelpilot is not very popular to say the least!
prv
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If someone says they have “an autopilot” lying around as if it were a single item, I reckon it’s a fairly safe bet that it’s a tillerpilot. Though of course even then there have been a series of models over the years.
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pvb
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Yes, sounds like a tillerpilot. And what it's worth will depend on whether or not it works!
dunedin
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And nowadays need to pay 5p extra for the poly bag it needs to be wrapped in to keep the water out
ghostlymoron
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It's a TP1000 but no idea how old. It does have some kind of input /output and does respond to rotating it. Too dark to brave the shed now so I'll look for as a model number tomoz.
geem
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I was in the marina in Horta in the Azores a few years ago. I watched at least half a dozen Raymarine linear drives get carried past our boat on the way to be repaired! I think if you use them a lot they are not so great. Having said that, we now have a Raymarine rotary drive type 2 (and a spare). Most of those linear drives were probably a few years old when they went across the Atlantic and back but I wouldnt describe them as bullet proof.
pvb
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My old HR352 was 24 years old when I sold it, and the original-fit Type 1 linear drive was still working fine. I reckon they're pretty good bits of kit.
ghostlymoron
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Mine is a ST1000 Plus. The handbook is dated 2006 but I can't see a date on the unit. I've had it about 4yrs but never fitted it. I was thinking about £200 does this sound about right? It's got all the bits with it including plug and socket.
geem
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My Neco drive was 38 years old when I retired it last year. We also now have a Raymarine but a Type 2 rotary drive.
How many ocean crossing did your Type 1 do? All the failed units I saw had done at least two plus what ever else as coastal cruising boats prior. They are good but not bullet proof
pvb
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The first owners took the boat to Spain and back, but no ocean crossings.
maby
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Surely ocean crossings are pretty irrelevant when discussing electric autopilots? My AP plus plotter and associated electronics would flatten the battery within a day - possibly two. All the owners I've ever met who do long distance passages use wind-vanes.
geem
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There are a lot of boats crossing using electric autopilot alone. They have towed generators, solar, wind and diesel generators or just run the engine to charge the batteries. The young German couple on the X Boat next to us here in the anchorage did just that for example
pvb
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geem doesn't think so...
geem
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There is a Bowman 41, British Flagged in front of us here in the anchorage. They sailed over without wind self steering. So unless they hand steered they used an autopilot. On my first two Atlantic crossings, we used an electric autopilot. Just about every catamaran afloat uses an electric autopilot to cross oceans. All the open 60s use them and all the mini transats. So yes, autopilots are used to cross oceans. Operating an autopilot 24/7 for days on end certainly finds the weaknesses. Electric hydraulic seems to be most popular for reliability on ocean racing boats from what I have been told by a guy who used to supply them to the racing boats
dunedin
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Perhaps not so these days. Very few boats on the ARC now have wind vanes (and the one we spoke to, it broke). Virtually all had electronic autopilots, including the ones with wind vane (as the electronic ones often better downwind and motoring).
A few hardy types mostly hand steer, but the rest seem to use electronic autopilots routinely all the way across the pond, generally with good results.
Water generators are great, backed by solar. Many have diesel generators, a handful fuel cells.
