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Location: Kodiak, AK | Agreed, but I'm not talking about safety or avoiding obstacles. I'm talking about it not knowing where the boat is; just the iPilot module. Meaning, if I'm working a trail down a piece of structure and the wind is blowing hard from a different direction than when I laid the track, the boat can swing downwind. The trolling motor is right where it should be, but the boat is in the wrong place. Minor burden when casting gear, but kills a cast when fly casting.
Same with AP, in the wind it may go 20-40 yards in the wrong direction before it catches itself and makes an adjustment to the proper bearing. So like I say, it'll get you there, but it's more of a zig zag than a straight line.
I'm not complaining of it's limitations. I understand that. I'm just saying you still need to stay on top of it and manage it yourself and know boat control. It's not the end-all, be-all to running a boat, and I find myself manually running the boat nearly as much as I did with my CoPilot.
Edited by esoxfly 8/5/2012 5:26 PM
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