Repairing Autohelm / Raymarine Autopilot Rotary Drive - Clutch Switch

#Amelyacht #powertools #DIY #sailing #sailinglife #boat #sailboat #boatlife #yachtlife #boating #sailingboat #boats #sailingyacht #yachts #boatrepair #boatmaintenance #raymarine #autopilot #autohelm When we were traveling from Ibiza to the mainland of Spain I could smell a burning rubber smell and first I thought maybe it's the engine, but it seemed coming from the instruments. The boat was on autopilot at the time and it started behaving erratically and then cut out all together. I went down below and could actually smell the drive unit burning up. Something was pretty critically wrong with it! If you're a professional, expert or even an old salty sea dog with some good advice on servicing autopilots, raymarine electronics or clutch switches on sailboats or Amels in general, then please leave any constructive criticism, insight and advice in the comments below the videos. A big THANK-YOU to our MOTHERSHIP PATREONS who make these videos possible. What is a Patreon? A Patreon is a regular person like you, who helps content creator like us, to make useful stuff like this! So, if you'd like to help towards the filming, editing and data costs of THIS channel as well as our sailing channel: Mothership Adrift, you can do this by either: ?Clicking the THANKS button below the video ?Following the links to Paypal below ?Following the links to Patreon below Cheers! - Woody ?? ??????? ?PATREON: Help towards my beach bar budget.. and production cost obviously. https://www.patreon.com/mothershipadrift ?PAYPAL: Or just buy me a beer if you don't like PATREON. Cheers! https://paypal.me/Mothershipadrift? ?AMAZON WISH LIST: Tools & equipment I need.. if you're in the trade! https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...? ?YOUTUBE MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE: Share this channel - just copy and paste this link. https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance ?THIS MAINTENANCE VIDEO LINK: Copy and paste the link below to share THIS particular video! https://youtu.be/jA5U09uEATc ?YOUTUBE MOTHERSHIP ADRIFT: Our Family Travel and Sailing Channel - just copy and paste this link. https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipadrift