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Pretty disturbing.....it seems this started routinely at a familiar location....until a mechanical failure ???? happened and caused him to wind up in serious trouble ???.....fortunately he is safe....still, very troubling...
I do not run a big boat all the time. why would you engage the auto pilot entering a channel?
....why would you engage the auto pilot entering a channel? ....
The autopilot can only do so much... move a rudder, that's it. In heavy seas, high winds, slow moving, the boat is getting blown all over the place and the rudders can only do so much. one wave, big gust of wind, and the boat gets blown off course and the autopilot will kick the rudders hard over until they stop, then the alarm sounds. I don't think anything failed, I just think the little pieces of toast hanging off the back of the boat couldn't keep it in a straight line under the conditions. The autopilot gave off an alarm letting him know that the rudders were hard over.