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Old 09-05-2010, 06:35 AM
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Tiller pilot and cell phone

A couple of years ago I fitted a tiller pilot on my boat. It was working wonderfully until I sat next to it. The boat made a wild turn, the genoa backed and then jibed. The cause of it was the magnet on the phone speaker.
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