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Originally Posted by bubb2
Dockhead, just where did you see a report of the crash that the autopilot was on? I went back though the thread and read every newspaper account and no mention was made of the autopilot. The newspaper got it wrong that the boat was not hit in the stern but the port quarter.
The autopilot was mentioned in post #8 but that was speculation by a Sailnet member.
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I have no source of information other than the thread. But the problem we were discussing -- whether we can, and how to avoid being run down by a powerboat on autopilot in the open sea -- is no less interesting, just because this actual case didn't happen that way. It's a scenario I worry about. It was a great discussion, which I hope will help all of us.