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<blockquote data-quote="guywhofishes" data-source="post: 493353" data-attributes="member: 337">By the way, you guys that use autopilot might find yourselves CONSTANTLY redirecting the autopilot when trolling slowly in the wind or current.There are two methods used when these motors autopilot - there is a course heading method (it lays down a bunch of imaginary waypoints) and a compass heading method where it simply heads off and stays on a compass bearing.&nbsp;Learn the difference AND also learn how to change the method (you can toggle between the two methods) to save your sanity.If you're moving relatively slow and have a boat that drifts sideways more than it tracks (like mine) the course method will find you constantly trying to fight the wind/current and will slowly start to head back to the first of the series of waypoints or two that it laid down when you last steered it to a new course.Maddening! It acts like its heading is drifting off... and it is doing just that.It's trying to crawl back upwind to get to the last missed waypoint.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guywhofishes, post: 493353, member: 337"] By the way, you guys that use autopilot might find yourselves CONSTANTLY redirecting the autopilot when trolling slowly in the wind or current. There are two methods used when these motors autopilot - there is a [B]course[/B] heading method (it lays down a bunch of imaginary waypoints) and a [B]compass[/B] heading method where it simply heads off and stays on a compass bearing. Learn the difference AND also learn how to change the method ([B]you can toggle between the two methods[/B]) to save your sanity. If you're moving relatively slow and have a boat that drifts sideways more than it tracks (like mine) the course method will find you constantly trying to fight the wind/current and will slowly start to head back to the first of the series of waypoints or two that it laid down when you last steered it to a new course. Maddening! It acts like its heading is drifting off... and it is doing just that. It's trying to crawl back upwind to get to the last missed waypoint. [/QUOTE]

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