Michael-
Do you know what kind of drive the SG-3 had?
Hydraulic? Electric? Rotary?
Thanks,
Jim Swallow

--- Michael Kramer <svcambria@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have an "Alpha Spectra Digital Autopilot", came
> with the boat seven years
> ago, probably upwards of fifteen years old (or
> more), has worked very well
> for us, upwind and downwind up to 45 knots of true
> wind. It would
> probably work at even higher wind speeds but I
> prefer to steer in those
> situations. (Actually I most prefer to be somewhere
> else in those
> situations.) The drive is electric rather than
> hydraulic. The controls are
> simple and easy to use, a remote up in the cockpit
> and a control head down
> below. They are still in business tho I gather they
> have fallen into some
> disfavor... We also have a Monitor and the Alpha
> doesn't put any drag on it.
>
> Just doublehanded back from Hawaii to SF on another
> boat with a new
> Raymarine SG-3. The darn thing worked the whole way,
> which is a first for
> Autohelm/Raymarine in my experience. They might be
> getting better, but "mui
> caro". In standby, it had a tremendous amount of
> drag, even for hand
> steering; a Monitor could never have overcome it.
> Michael & Elizabeth
> S/V Cambria
> Sonora, Mexico
>

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