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Originally Posted by MakoMike
I have a robertson/simrad on the boat for the last 15 years or so, and its done yeoman's duty and never given me a lick of trouble.
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Robertson is a freaking WORKHORSE.
My father's Cape Dory has a Robertson.
The 70 I sail on has a Robertson
Pretty much the offshore industry standard.
RI: amusingly enough, the 40 footer I'm bringing back in a month... has a Robertson.
We let it drive the boat all the way down last year, the year before the owner had a Raytheon which died 2 days out (10 days hand driving)
Only time we didn't let it drive was flying a spinnaker, it couldn't react fast enough, but otherwise even in 30 knots/20 foot seas under reduced sail it did fine.