Installation Photos

Westsail 43 (aft cockpit)

Motor Box Orientation: Standard (drive pulley faces forward)
Motor Box Mounting Type: Pedestal

CSY 44 (center cockpit)

Motor Box Orientation: Standard (drive pulley faces forward)
Motor Box Mounting Type: Bulkhead

Bristol 35

Motor Box Orientation: Reverse Vertical (drive pulley faces aft)
Motor Box Mounting Type: Pedestal

Lafitte 44

Motor Box Orientation: Reverse Vertical (drive pulley faces aft)
Motor Box Mounting Type: Pedestal
Drive pulley inside wheel radius

Morgan Out Island

Motor Box Orientation: Reverse Vertical (drive pulley faces aft)
Motor Box Mounting Type: L-Bracket to Sidewall

Morgan Out Island L-Bracket to Pedestal Side

Island Packet 35

Motor Box Orientation: Reverse Vertical (drive pulley faces aft)
Motor Box Mounting Type: L-Bracket to Sidewall

L-Bracket to Starboard Cockpit Sidewall

Notes: Motor mounted with L-Bracket to starboard cockpit sidewall. Vertical motor box with reverse motor rotation.

Union 36

Motor Box Orientation: Standard Vertical (drive pulley faces forward)
Motor Box Mounting Type: L-Bracket to Sidewall
Drive pulley inside wheel radius

Union Polaris Motor Mounting Diagram Port Side

Notes: L-Bracket mount to port cockpit sidewall. Vertical Motor Box with standard Motor Rotation. The drive pulley is within the perimeter of the wheel (wheel handles will cross drive pulley). The motor is mounted using a custom wooden shim so that the drive pulley on the motor lines up with the pulley on the wheel. The wheel pulley is through-bolted to the wooden spokes.

TRT 1200 Catamaran

Motor Box Orientation: Reverse Vertical (drive pulley faces aft)
Motor Box Mounting Type: L-Bracket to Sidewall

L-Bracket to Port Pedestal Sidewall

Notes: 40ft Catamaran Wheel pulley was mounted on aft side of wheel because there was not enough room between the bulkhead and spokes for the pulley.

Videos

120ft Pirate Ship

CPT Autopilot installed on 120ft pirate ship! The autopilot compass was installed on the wooden pilothouse away from the steel hull. Hydraulic steering system.

Shearwater, Conser 47

Circumnavigation

Capricorn Cat, 45' Hughes Design Catamaran
Hawaii to San Francisco, 2011

“Here are some pics and clips of your autopilot coming back from Hawaii. We probably used it 90-95% of the time—including down wind/cross wind & cross waves! It did a great job! All four of us on the boat would recommend your autopilot to anybody—Pat”