RE: Alpha autopilot

Mr. Tom Beard,
  My name is Bill Wiggins and I bought the Baba-35 in Yokosuka. My
wife and I are cruising on her in the southern Philippines. We left
Japan in May 2005 have been cruising the P.I. ever since. We will be
departing Palawan to the south before the SW monsoon starts up heading
for Malaysia. The original name was "Renaissance" and we
recommissioned her as "Jipz Rose", hull #103.
  We really appreciate all of the really good information you guys pass
along via internet chat. It has been most helpful to us as we cruise.
  Aloha...Thanx and take care,
Bill
S/v Jipz Rose
Baba-35


--- Tom Beard <tom16@wavecable.com> wrote:

> We were there briefly at times during the winter of 1998-99, as I
> recall,
> with our Tayana-52. Our Baba-30 sat at its home dock in Port Angeles,
> WA. I
> don't recall Wandering Star. Is this the same Baba-35 we knew in
> Yokosuka
> Japan?
>
> Tom
>
> _____
>
> From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Paul Braschi
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:41 AM
> To: baba-l@ballreich.net
> Subject: RE: [Baba-L] Alpha autopilot
>
> Was Wandering Star my Baba 35 there with you at Grand Marina . . .
> there was
> a Baba 30 at the end of the dock? . . .What year? 1995ish
>
> _____
>
> From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Tom Beard
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:20 PM
> To: baba-l@ballreich.net
> Subject: RE: [Baba-L] Alpha autopilot
>
> Michael,
>
> Amazing! You remembered. We were side-by-side for a while at Grand
> Marina.
> We sold that T-52 and delivered it to Hawaii shortly after you saw it
> then
> started our search for a Baba-40. We also had a Baba-30 at the time,
> which
> we later sold-much to my wife's regrets. She still doesn't let me
> forget
> about that remorseful decision. But we have a wonderful boat now with
> the
> Panda-40 after a rather complete overhaul. I doubt we'll ever let
> this one
> slip away.
>
> Thanks for the information on your autopilot's mountings. This is
> very
> helpful to me.
>
> Tom
> MOONSHADOW
>
> _____
>
> From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Kramer
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 2:39 PM
> To: Panda net
> Cc: svcambria@gmail.com
> Subject: [Baba-L] Alpha autopilot
>
> "I have an Alpha 3000 autopilot that came with the boat, uninstalled.
> It
> appears to be unused. There are no specifications or paperwork
> accompanying.
> Can anyone offer information or advice on installing this autopilot
> in a
> Panda 40? Photos of installations? Successes?
> Thank you.
> Tom Beard
> MOONSHADOW"
>
> Not the 3000 but the "Spectra", probably very similar. The driving
> arm is
> mounted to the inside of the combing on the starboard side of the
> cockpit
> with the rudder stock attachment going off to starboard, the central
> processing unit is located in the knee space under the nav table (it
> shouldn't be exposed to water), the control head is at the rear of
> the nav
> table, the cable to engage the arm is in the starboard winch-handle
> puka, as
> well as a remote control connection. The linear arm should be half
> out with
> the rudder amidships - you can screw the arm in or out along its
> length. Our
> compass is outboard of the sink in the galley it just needs to be
> aft of
> amidships. The remote control - on a wire - is great because we can
> override
> the autopilot course to avoid crab pots, logs, whatever and then
> return to
> our former course with a toggle and a thumb switch, all in the
> cockpit. If
> it ever gets really rough, the autopilot can be controlled from down
> below,
> altho we have never used this feature (when it gets really rough and
> we want
> to maintain a set course, we hand steer). The unit is pretty tough
> though
> and has never failed us, even in 45 to 50 knot following winds and
> seas.
> Will try to get photos, but they don't come out well in close dark
> spaces...
>
> Michael & Elizabeth
> S/V Cambria
>
> P.S. Were we side by side in Grand Marina in the late '90's? Did you
> have a
> Tayana 52 then?
>


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Received on Tue Apr 11 07:24:42 2006