Hi, I have 23' Stratos Bluewater walkaround that I would like to add an autopilot to. Its powered by an OMC Cobra 5.7l with power assisted mechanical/cable steering and a 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke kicker motor.. I have my kicker attached to the main drive with an EZ Steer setup.. I troll 85% of the time with my big motor shut off and just (dry) steer the drive to steer the kicker.. The other 15% of the time I would troll on the big motor with trolling bags because its really rough..
My question is, will an EV-200 Sport system effectively (dry) steer the drive/kicker without the main motor running for power assist?? I troll for salmon on Lake Ontario and all I really need the autopilot for is to hold the boat straight on a heading so I can set gear or net fish.. I have looked at systems that will steer just the kicker independently but that won't work for when I need to run the main motor..
Hopefully thats not too confusing
Thanks
Adam
My question is, will an EV-200 Sport system effectively (dry) steer the drive/kicker without the main motor running for power assist?? I troll for salmon on Lake Ontario and all I really need the autopilot for is to hold the boat straight on a heading so I can set gear or net fish.. I have looked at systems that will steer just the kicker independently but that won't work for when I need to run the main motor..
Hopefully thats not too confusing
Thanks
Adam