Photos of Autohelm ram/linear drive on Oceanis 37

[Rob Heath]

Hi
I am about to fit a Raymarine Type1 linear drive to my Oceanis 37. Has anyone got some photographs of a similar installation please? I am especially interested in the mounting of the ram/linear drive both on the boat and on the quadrant.
Regards Rob

[Johnny Ross]

Rob,

I installed a Type 1 Linear drive on our Oc. 351 a couple years back and other than working in tight quarters it went great.  I also requested help from the forum and got some good photos.  Not sure they will apply to your 370, but take a look at the attachment and hope they help.  For the quadrant bracket on mine, I use a piece of aluminum 0.25" x 2' and stainless U bolts to attach to the quadrant.​​​​

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[Johnny Ross]

Rob, 

Here are the rest of the photos.  

[Johnny Ross]

And some more.  I think that's all.

[Ben Campbell]

My Beneteau 31 appears to have come from the factory prepped for a linear drive. There's a wooden platform and a mini tiller/bracket attached to the quadrant. I don't know if they were all that way, or if the 37s also had it, but they were sort of from the same design "family". I currently have a wheel pilot, so I have no idea how functional the prep would be.

Also, IIUC, the factory autopilot option included a type 3 drive, which seems like major overkill for the 31. I don't know if the fitment for a type 1 would be similar.

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On Thu, 12/15/16, Ben Campbell <b...@nostrum.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: {Beneteau Owners} Photos of Autohelm ram/linear drive on Oceanis 37
To: benetea...@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016, 8:48 PM

My Beneteau 31 appears to
have come from the factory prepped for a linear drive.
There's a wooden platform and a mini tiller/bracket
attached to the quadrant. I don't know if they were all
that way, or if the 37s also had it, but they were sort of
from the same design "family". I currently have a
wheel pilot, so I have no idea how functional the prep would
be.
Also, IIUC, the factory autopilot option included a type
3 drive, which seems like major overkill for the 31. I
don't know if the fitment for a type 1 would be
similar.
On 15 Dec 2016, at 12:01,
Johnny Ross wrote:

Rob,I installed a Type 1 Linear drive on our

oate acestea sub garantie colectiva a puterilor care au subscris Tratatul de la Paris .

[Btbogdan46]

I have an Oceanis 45 with factory installed B&G linear drive autopilot. If you feel it is relevant, I can take pictures of the installation. My linear drive and electronics are located on the port side. Bruce

[Rob Heath]

Thanks for all the the thoughts.  Here is the final result.