What's yours called?

[Frogmogman]

One of my crew named my chartplotter Samantha because she knows how to score (but I'm sorry I haven't a clue what that means).

Sven did that happen ?

 

[mjcoon]

Sven did that happen ?

Ah, the ISIHAC hunk in trunks, of course; thanks for the hint!

 

[Roberto]

Wind steering is "Nijinski", some distant similarities when folded/retracted; the electric one is simply "the pilot"

 

[Groucho]

My Autohelm is also “Otto” - thought I was being original-pfft!

 

[Jules W]

Mine is a 45 year old neco called Derek after the marvellous Derek Coventry who fixed it long after neco went under

 

[sy-Anniina]

Our Raymarine AP is called "Reiska", a Finnish-nickname for the name Reino.

 

[38mess]

George...

 

[boomerangben]

Knew one called Pontius.

Was that an auto pilot or a real one?

 

[dunedin]

Antoine is our most trusted helm on board. Occasionally crew get slightly miffed if there is a ship crossing which needs checking carefully - as the first thing we do is stand down the human helm and switch to Antoine. This makes our course more consistent, and therefore the CPA more consistent for both ships and us to assess any action necessary.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

interestingly in the aviation world "George" is a very British name for the AP where as the Americans use "Otto".

 

[wingcommander]

Wind vane...Carly...as previously mentioned
Tiller gets various names / expletives depending on its mood

 

[Koeketiene]

The Windpilot was called Carly (same reason as @wingcommander I suspect - you're so vain/vane...)- the electronic AP is called BeeGee (it's a B&G NAC2).

 

[harvey38]

A f****g nuisance.

Just had both leaking helm pumps replaced only to find the ram also needs replacing for the same reason