Can the CPT be installed on a steel boat?
Yes, provided the sensor is mounted in a good location. Check the location with a hand-bearing magnetic compass while the boat turns in a 360 degree circle. If the compass “hangs” and delays in certain positions while turning, and then breaks free, it will not work well in that location. The CPT is steering many steel boats designed by Bruce Roberts and others. Every steel boat is different. Some owners have had success mounting the pilot sensor on a stainless steel pedestal guard around an aluminum pedestal. Others have mounted the sensor unit on wooden boom gallows, aluminum or wooden mizzenmasts, or on the ceiling of a hard dodger or bimini. If you have a steel boat, please let us know. We have directions available for performing a magnetic survey on your vessel.
