T&T: Auto-pilot policy

[Rich Gano]

Mine is OLD and doesn't interface with anything but me.  One of the biggest
favors it ever did for me early on was to unexpectedly command itself into a
hard right turn.  I have never trusted it since, but I use it a lot.  My
definition of open water is anywhere I can get to and disengage the pilot
before the it can get me into trouble or embarass (that's a term we used in
the Navy to mean getting in the way of another ship and causing its crew any
concern for collision) another vessel.

Rich Gano
CALYPSO (GB-42 #295)
Southport, FL