Auto Pilot system

[Sean]

My friend has a 23ft trailer boat with volvo D4 sterndrive; hydraulic steering.

Do you have any auto pilot components/ system that might be applicable to his boat.

He is looking for simple. Doesn’t need to connect to a MFD. 

Mainly set point A to B with a few waypoints.

Mahalo,

Sean

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[pwrobert]

Waypoints are stored in the MFD. some of the earliest units let you type in Lat/Lon or LORAN numbers but haven’t seen one of those in years. <br />nothing simpler than picking your waypoint from a list in the MFD and hitting Go There. <br /><br />

I have Garmin MFD’s and Raymarine autopilot and they work great and simply. Seldom if ever anymore use waypoints. But I have a bunch in the list from the old days. Everything is done with Routes ( two or more waypoints that are associated).  I think I have a few hundred for South Florida and the Bahamas. <br />simply say where do I want to go and pick the Route. Easy Peesy. 

[Brian Kirk]

Garmin sells a complete system.  not crazy expensive if you already have a Garmin display.  Looking at it myself.

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