The Simrad TP 32 Tiller Pilot is set up to drive the boat's tiller directly from a socket mounted on the starboard stern deck or alternatively the small trim tab tiller mounted on top of the rudder as shown in the photos below. The trim tab is part of the Freehand wind vane lower unit designed and built by Mike Anderson. The wind vane itself normally mounts to the backstay but my boat is gaff rigged with running backstays so I didn't buy the upper unit. And besides, for the next year I will be gunkholing around here staying close to land so no urgent need for a wind vane. But ultimately I am going to have to figure out a mounting solution for a Freehand vane.
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