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NCBrew
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Initially Posted - 09/29/2012 : 11:20:48

I am looking to put a tiller

autopilot on my Catalina 25.

Can anyone recommend a particular brand and model as well as best price and where to buy it?

1998 Catalina 250WK
Ravaging
Albemarle Sound,NC

I spent most of my money on boats and beer, the rest I just wasted.

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Davy J
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Response Posted - 09/29/2012 : 13:07:04

I went with a Simrad TP22. Got it here:

http://search.defender.com/?expression=simrad%20tiller%20pilot

I don't remember exactly why I up-sized from the TP10, but it must have been a good reason for me to spend 100 more...

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shnool
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Response Posted - 09/29/2012 : 16:46:46

Defender had a good price on the Raymarine ST1000+, so far I am quite impressed with it. I need to play more with it to fix over correction on heavy shifts, but so far it works great... see it working here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNj8htimzZ4

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/29/2012 : 21:06:17

Concur on the Raymarine ST1000+, I like mine.

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shnool
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Response Posted - 09/30/2012 : 04:39:12

I am told the price between the simrad and raymarine low end models is similar, the raymarine technically allows a GPS/Plotter interface whereas the simrad does not... PLEASE don't just take my word on that, I never needed that function, so it wasn't real important to me so I never vetted that out... but seems to make sense if you should want it for the future.

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awetmore
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Response Posted - 09/30/2012 : 06:54:15

You might consider the Raymarine ST2000 instead of the ST1000. The 2000 uses a more robust mechanical design that should be more reliable in the long run (and there are many reviews online backing this up). It isn't that much more expensive.

The cheapest Simrad autopilot, the TP10, does not have GPS or wind sensor input. The TP22 and TP32 do. The TP22 is equivalent to the Raymarine ST1000 and the TP32 is equivalent to the Raymarine ST2000. The TP32 is much more expensive than the ST2000 though.

We had the Raymarine ST2000 on our C-25 and it worked pretty well, although I never got it tuned to not do S curves while close hauled. There are photos of it's installation on our boat here:
http://alexandchristine.smugmug.com/Sailing/Raymarine-ST2000-Installation/24453315_cX4STJ#!i=1994645863&k=pVv3kxP

Our installation only required a 5" pushrod extender.

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