Larry,
These are not neccessarily the cheapest sources, just the first that
came up when I Googled Tiller Pilot

http://www.ginasvineyard-marina.com/raysttilpil.html
The Raymarine's entry level is the ST-1000. It accepts NMEA

http://www.vitelectronics.com/smtp10.html
Simrad's entry level TP-10 does not, but it is cheaper.
The TP-20CX and TP-30CX do accept NMEA.

http://search-completed.ebay.com/sea...ompletedonly=1
They also come up on Ebay every now and then.


L. M. Rappaport wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:37:07 GMT, "Daniel E. Best"
wrote (with possible editing):


Larry,
I'm not at all familiar with your boat, but would there be any way to
rig a tiller pilot to work? These are devices designed to by used by
sailboats w/ a tiller, but are often also used with some wind vanes
(like the monitor). They steer the boat to a compass heading, but most
can also be interfaced to accept NEMA and steer to a waypoint. Cost new
starts about $300


Dan,

Thanks for the tip. I'm not familiar with tiller pilots that
accept NEMA data, but now that I know there are some, I'll definitely
take a look. Thanks.
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com



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