"Steven Dubnoff" wrote in message
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Can anybody explain what rate stabilizers, how they do it and whether
they are worth the money for slow moving displacement boats?

Many thanks,

Steve

Put one on my 50 foot equipped with a Raytheon (pre Raymarine 6500) and it
made a world of difference, especially in a following sea. Before the
installation in any following sea conditions greater then a foot or two of
chop I had to steer manually as the boat was all over the place on
autopilot. Put in the gyro rate sensor and the Autopilot works great in 6
footers although that is not my choice of conditions to be cruising in. I
recommend the rate sensor option strongly to anyone who asks. For the
record I have no connections to Raymarine and in fact prefer Foruno to them.
Fred