[C320-list] Autopilot install

[Greg Flanagan]

I also installed the EV-100 with the wheel drive three years ago for the same reasons as Frank. It has served excellently so far and a huge improvement over the 4000 which I had previously. It has preformed well in all sea conditions. With the 4000 I often had to take it out if auto with strong currents or high waves. 

Greg 
Hoop Dancer #1076
Sidney, BC V8L 2P3

> On Aug 29, 2018, at 3:38 PM, P.F. Ross <pfrstl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am midway through the process of installing an EV-100 wheel autopilot,
> very similar to the excellent recent Mainsheet article by John Ellis
> (although I am adding a rudder position transducer as well).  Like others,
> I studied everything I could on this amazing list as well as poring through
> Raymarine manuals.
> 
> While I see the advantages of the linear drive, in my case I chose the
> wheel pilot since I did not want to add the +/-35 deg rudder stops required
> for the linear drive.  My measured rudder swing is +/-55 deg and I use it
> all as I return dead slow to my dock near the end of a narrow canal.  While
> you would prob never approach this swing in normal sailing (as noted by
> others on this board), it sure makes my life easier at the end of a long
> day.
> 
> This will be the first autopilot on this boat since it was previously on a
> lake in IL where a/p was certainly not needed, so I am quite excited by
> this new capability.
> 
> Just my $.02.
> 
> Frank Ross
> Beta Wave #206
> Naples, FL
> 
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 5:26 PM Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:
>> 
>> I installed my Autopilot sensor in the bilge, and the wheel pilot control
>> is mounted on the aft wall of the cockpit locker. The wires were long
>> enough to run up through the guard tubes and into the pedestal area. I
>> installed the cockpit mounted control in a spot in my new Navpod.
>> 
>> For the power wires to the control unit, be sure to use a heavy enough
>> gauge of wire based on the length of the run. I believe I went up one size
>> from the recommended gauge in the manual - new cabling all the way back to
>> the breaker panel - and it has been great. No voltage drops.
>> 
>> I may have photos if anyone wants to see them.
>> 
>> --
>> Doug Treff
>> September Song #350 - 1996
>> doug at treff.us
>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, at 1:16 AM, Sara Skinner Schroeder wrote:
>>> I purchased a Raymarine wheeldrive EV 100 autopilot at the boat show and
>>> am considering locations for the three units.  Would love to hear where
>>> others have mounted the sensor, ACU and control unit. I’ve read that the
>>> sensor should be centerline and as low to the waterline as possible
>>> without magnetic interference. Also, I have space on my helmstation for
>>> the control unit between the knot meter and wind gauge. Would that be a
>>> suitable place? Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Sara
>>> Wandering Star
>>> 2000 / Hull #707
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>