Jack Erbes wrote:
Is that a cable steering system? I'm trying to remember if I've ever
been on a boat where the autopilot movements feed back to the wheel.
Must be that I have not been around an autopilot on anything but
hydraulic steering systems.

yes, there is an electrical servo-motor under the pedestal linked
through a chain directly to the shaft of the helm wheel (there are two
parallel chains inside the pedestal). The servo includes an electric
clutch that engages/disengages the motor shaft to its sprocket wheel.
When the clutch is powered the helm wheel is locked to the autopilot
movement and its torque is quite high, believe me.

Daniel