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We have a little 18.5' Bomardier Utopia. It is a jet boat powered by
a 200 hp Merc. One of the characteristics of jet boats is that their slow speed handling is lousy. You really can't take your hands off the wheel. I was thinking of installing some kind of hydraulic or electric autopilot, but have virtually no experience with them. The boat does have a Garmin 182 FF/GPS, so I presume there's a NEMA stream available. Is this possible? Does it make sense for a small boat? Has anybody done it? Recommendations? I'm not concerned about navigation, simply to be able to take my hands off the wheel and have the craft continue in a straight line... (Note: I have substantial experience with large and small power and sail, but all of it is over 30 years old) Thanks, -- Larry Email to rapp at lmr dot com |
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