Subject: Re: [PUP] Rally across the Atlantic >There was a Nordhavn in the NAR which had aboard two Furuno 500 autopilots. >Do you happen to know if they had a good experience with that model? I think >she was a 47. > >Thank you, >Ron Rogers >Willard 40 AIRBORNE >Lying Annapolis The only 47 on the NAR had two Simrad Autopilots. One failed on the way into Berumda the other failed on the way out. Very simple problem, too much carbon on the brushes. I clean the brushes and fixed the problem. (Cleaning brushes 30 minutes, cleaning carbon I tracked thru the boat one hour!) This was after 9 months or 1500 hours total operation spilt across both units. It is useful if when discussing boating equipment everyone includes repair history.