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Cetrek auto-pilot parts

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Gary Ritzman
Fri, Jul 10, 2020 5:09 PM

Do any of our listees know where Cetrek auto-pilot parts might be available. Been very pleased with this equipment but one Pilot 715 controller is tiring.

<<<Gary Ritzman>>>    M/V Dharma    Albin 40    Mercer Island WA

Do any of our listees know where Cetrek auto-pilot parts might be available. Been very pleased with this equipment but one Pilot 715 controller is tiring. <<<Gary Ritzman>>> M/V Dharma Albin 40 Mercer Island WA
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Bob McLeran
Sat, Jul 11, 2020 9:18 PM

We had a Cetrek AP installed on our first trawler - it was a super-great
unit. I recall that the company went out of business around 2005 or so
and the only replacement parts I could find were used ones other people
were selling.

Now may be a good time to replace the Cetrek. In 2018/19 we replaced
everything but the hydraulic pump on our current trawler (had an older
Robertson) with a Simrad (display, computer, compass, N2K system) for
around $3K; did all the "work" ourselves - it's very easy. The Simrad is
a great AP system and with the N2K connects to everything.

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On 7/10/2020 01:09 PM, Gary Ritzman via Trawlers-and-Trawlering wrote:

Do any of our listees know where Cetrek auto-pilot parts might be
available. Been very pleased with this equipment but one Pilot 715
controller is tiring.

<<<Gary Ritzman>>> M/V Dharma Albin 40 Mercer Island WA

We had a Cetrek AP installed on our first trawler - it was a super-great unit. I recall that the company went out of business around 2005 or so and the only replacement parts I could find were used ones other people were selling. Now may be a good time to replace the Cetrek. In 2018/19 we replaced everything but the hydraulic pump on our current trawler (had an older Robertson) with a Simrad (display, computer, compass, N2K system) for around $3K; did all the "work" ourselves - it's very easy. The Simrad is a great AP system and with the N2K connects to everything. <><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base DeFever 41 Trawler for sale $75K Melbourne, Florida Blog: http://mvsanderling.net/Blog Web: http://cruising.mvsanderling.net/ Site: http://Ourphotos.hopto.org Site: http://SanderlingBlog.hopto.org On 7/10/2020 01:09 PM, Gary Ritzman via Trawlers-and-Trawlering wrote: > Do any of our listees know where Cetrek auto-pilot parts might be > available. Been very pleased with this equipment but one Pilot 715 > controller is tiring. > > > <<<Gary Ritzman>>> M/V Dharma Albin 40 Mercer Island WA