Here is me again. I am moving from a sailboat to a power boat of 36-38 ft length. My main cruising ground is Pacific North West mainly between islands and practically always in sight of land. I am looking at trips from 10-100 miles so 1.25 to 12.5 hours at average 8 knots of speed. On my 38ft sailboat I was usually on autopilot sailing, motor sailing or motoring especially when single handing it. It is very nice piece of gear especially when single handling the boat as without it, it gets tiring to steer he boat constantly. In fact I could not imagine not having an autopilot on a sailboat On a twin powered boat with smaller rudders and lesser underwater volume/depth (compared to the sailboat) do you need to constantly steer/correct the boat's course to get her going straight? Do most PNW trawler boats have and use autopilots? At least when having to go to the loo while single handling or when admiral is bronzing on the bow?