The latest generation of autopilots require less manual input to perform well but, besides selecting the correct mode (read Pip Hare‘s piece on how to make the most of your…
Autopilot
How to set up your autopilot to sail faster, more comfortably and be more efficient
Pip Hare explains how setting your autopilot to suit conditions will be faster, more comfortable and more efficient
Autopilot problems for Lia Ditton
Route du Rhum competitor Lia Ditton with an update on her autopilot problem 14/11/06
Dee wins battle with autopilot
Dee Caffari fixes autopilot and starts to enjoy final few miles of challenge 16/5/06
Frustrations mount up
From autopilot problems to the water maker, Dee is at the end of her tether 11/04/06
Caffari continues battle with autopilot
Dee Caffari slows the pace in an effort to fix her autopilot system before reaching Cape Horn
A difficult Christmas for Caffari
Christmas Day was not the best day for Aviva's autopilot to decide not to work again
Caffari on autopilot high
A happy Dee Caffari celebrates her successful autopilot repair with lunch and dinner on the same day!
Caffari fixes autopilot
A fixed autopilot brings a smile to the face of Dee Caffari who's spent the last few days battling with erratic winds and lack of sleep
Moloney suffers power problems
The batteries that supply all the power to Skandia's systems including the vital autopilot are failing to hold their charge
Keeping on track
Emma Richards grapples with autopilot problems between the squalls