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Old 08-25-2010, 06:18 AM   #9
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City: New Bern NC
Vessel Name: Stella Di Mare
Vessel Model: Mainship 34t
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RE: Dumb things I've done on my boat.

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Peter B wrote:

Was that why you removed your autopilot when you bought your GB, Marin. Here I am hanging out to get one, and Datenight, I think it was, just installed one he has had ready to go in for 6 yrs, and you took one out. Others swear by theirs....so what gives....?
On the previous boats I have used mine all of the time.* It will remain to be seen how often I do so on the next one.

But one thing I always do is, even in local waters, after I set the course on "Otto" I start at the end point and back track to the present position to see if I'm going to go any place near a depth that is not to my liking.* Then I check the chart plotter on a regular interval to see that we are still on the*course I set in.** It has worked so far but I'm sure my time will come.

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