Autopilots are for use in open water, not when manuvering, infixed channels, tight spaces or with traffic around. Bridges count as manuvering. John J, Licensed Mariner. Sent on the new Sprint Network from my Samsung Galaxy S®4. <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: allen <allendick@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:05/30/2015 3:20 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com </div><div>Subject: Re: GL: Autopilots and Bridges </div><div> </div> > And for those reasons when approaching a bridge I made it a practice to disengage the autopilot or at least have my finger on the button to put it into standby. Wise words. Every autopilot will fail or go off-line sometime. It is not a question of whether, but when, and all too often it happens when we are too close something hazardous for comfort, if we are counting on them in close quarters. Autopilots will usually take you exactly where you ask to go (and that can be a problem, too, if we are not paying attention), but when they fail, they don't always beep or do anything except turn you towards a rock or a shore or another boat. _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

Oh come on John, where's your sense of adventure? Turn that autopilot on and head for the bridge! Fred W, unemployed bum. ---------------------------------------- From: "johnj531" <johnj531@HOTMAIL.COM> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 5:44 PM To: "allen" <allendick@gmail.com>, great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: Re: GL: Autopilots and Bridges Autopilots are for use in open water, not when manuvering, infixed channels, tight spaces or with traffic around. Bridges count as manuvering. John J, Licensed Mariner.