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Hi Jules.
No video of operation , because there is no noticeable difference from without the switches.
Under normal operation the tillerpilot will be in centre stroke and move in and out 5 to 10 cm.
However, for a tillerpilot without a limit switch,when autotacking, packing up the tillerpilot for the day or when it is knocked of the tillerpin it will continue at full torque until it hits either the inward gearbox or the outward seal.
This is what kills them. Killed my first unit at both ends.
With the switches, the ST 1000 will lose 5 mm of stroke on the inward stroke and about 8 mm on the outward.
The ST 2000 will lose 10 mm of stroke on the inward stroke and about 13 mm on the outward.

gary

What a load or rubbish. = There is another way of looking at that.

gary

Well it seems we each pick up something different from these youtube vids.
Their design concept was to clear the cockpit as much as they could, but still have all the steering aids( wind vane, autopilot, tiller extension).
So, I though that the completed design met all of those requirements quite well.
iIdon't really need that gear though, because my cockpit is ALWAYS ship shape and Bristol fashion
gary

As he shone his torch at the starboard hull, he was met with every sailor's worst fear.
Floorboards were lifting as water flooded in through the half-metre-wide escape hatch.
The hatch — retrofitted after a 2020 safety recall on the French-made Lagoon 42 — appeared to have detached on its own.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-30/james-ted-rutledge-rescue-australian-navy-indian-ocean-boat-sink/107182902

Where do I donate?

All systems checked.

Thanks for the explanation, Quix.
Not such a god place to drop a waypoint marker though. 😆

Re; Hope you’re not affected by Typhoon Dujuan.
Lot's of rain.
No problems at my place, Up nice and high, but it is a real shame to see the state of the rice paddies.
They were to be harvested this week.

gary

The view from the chopper window.

Thanks East Coast .
And to think that Cook sailed through there with a non-operational chartplotter and a dicey GPS.

Gary

Met Jim last week here in Japan.
He bought a 36 foot steel cutter in NZ. He sailed solo to Oz. Up the inside of the reef. West end of Papua and to the Philippines.
Checked into Japan in Okinawa. Got to the the main island and got a foot infection, which ment he couldn't walk and couldn't get off the boat for a month.
Visa running out and time short to head up the east coast on Japan and over to Alaska.
Four days and nights dodging nets fishing boats and other marine traffic.
Pulled into Tashirou jima for a rest.
Big 24 ton 3 story game fishing boat came in and rammed Jim's boat in the stern.
Swim ladder destroyed stern slightly caved in and the exhaust fitting crunched.
The owner of the offending boat called the yard that I have a connection to and I was called into translate for the insurance assessor.
Siting around the office table with two other local boaters and the yard owner and watched them do a job on the assessor.
Of course he knew what was going on.
“The delay for the repairs and waiting for the insurance payment will make it impossible to get to Alaska before winter”
“Yeah, Too right, Impossible and deadly”.
Absolutely deadly. No way I would do it!”
“Me neither.”
I looked across at Jim and said ,”It looks like you have the whole team batting for you.”

Now in truth Jim was looking at laying up the boat in Japan up north and heading back to the U.S. For the winter. An expensive proposition but he really had left it to late.
The insurance payout will be.
Repair.
Lay up fees until March '27.
All fares from the boatyard in Japan to his folks house in Seattle and back.And living expenses in the US. (To be negotiated)
He will get back in March. Have a month to clean up the boat and get ready and then still have 2 months visa in japan before he heads off for Alaska.
That bump sure worked out well. Full insurance is a winner for some.
His boat is now next to a 38 foot Benny and every one is commenting on what would have happened (damage wise) it it had been the Benny.
Gary

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/candian-sailor-rescued-indian-ocean-christmas-island/107125458

Jon Seal doesn't post often , but when he does it is slow, careful and interesting.
He has found a 100 year old dinghy to get into.
Follow if it is up your alley.
gary