[C320-list] No Additional cockpit winches -Use Autopilot

[Robert E. Sloat]

Brian-I have hull 894 and from day one of purchase have used the factory 
installed Raymarine autopilot.  It greatly helps sailing when single handed. 
Recently I added a wireless Raymarine Smart Controller remote control for 
the autopilot which is a great help.  It functions both as a remote control 
for the autopilot and a repeater for up to 4 digital readings on one screen 
from your other Raymarine instruments at the helm. I even use it attached to 
my belt when I go to the bow for launching and dowsing my asymmetric 
spinnaker when single handed.

The repeater function is nice when you place the controller near the 
companionway for making main sheet adjustments without having to return to 
the helm to check on boat speed changes or apparent wind changes.

Below are the setting posted for a C320 a while back.  They are good for my 
Raymarine ST4000 autopilot and I assume most others of recent vintage.  The 
Smart Controller is compatible with Raymarine ST4000-ST290 instruments and 
ST1000-5000  Raymarine autopilots.

An important setting is drive type = 2.

 Calibration Lock             OFF
     Pilot Type               4000whl
     Rudder Gain                 2
     Response                    2
     Turn Rate Limit            20
     Align Rudder               0
     Rudder Limit               20
     Off Course Alarm            20
     AutoTack                   100
     AutoTrim                    3
     Drive Type                  2
     Variation                   0
     AutoAdapt                  nth
     Latitude                   The correct latitude for the location of
                                      the boat.
     Rudder Damp               4
     Cruise Speed              A


Bob Sloat
Savannah Hull 894

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amirault Family - S&B" <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
To: <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Additional cockpit winches


> All:
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time. The consensus is that I need to use an autopilot.
> Bear came with one, which I have looked at but not used; and I suppose 
> that
> it works. More to the point I will need to discover if it does in the 
> coming
> summer.
>
>
>
> Bear sails on an inland river; prevented by two sets of rapids and a dam
> from finding her way to the St. Lawrence and the sea. The orientation of 
> the
> river is generally west-north west, and the prevailing wind is down river.
> On those rare days when the wind is from the south everyone is on the 
> water
> making those one tack trips up stream. On a usual day you spend the day
> tacking back and forth up river and then a very broad reach to run for the
> trip home. Under Canadian Coast Guard rules I carry no flares as I am 
> never
> more than a mile from shore regardless of where I am on the water.
>
>
>
> The constriction of the location means you are tacking very frequently 
> even
> when the river is not busy and so you are not being forced to change
> direction 'cause you aren't the right-of-way boat. This aside, my personal
> experience has been that a fool and his money are always welcome. As the
> advice is that an autopilot is a better solution than new winches and as I
> already have the device installed, I will save the 3k$ of an additional
> winch set install and teach myself autopilot basics with the manuals that
> came with the boat.
>
>
>
> If this works for me you may be able to hear my squeals of delight.
>
>
>
> Regards;
>
>
>
> Brian Amirault
>
> Waltzing Bear, too
>