Electronic controls upgrade

[major hattitude]

I have a 1989 65 MY with 1271this and ZF transmissions
I'm interested in getting soulmate controller and they are telling
Me I need to upgrade to electronic controls would like to know
If anyone has recommendations for which brand to go with
And also if.anyone has experience with dockmate.any info
Would be greatly appreciated thank you John

[tonytrakovich]

I had the same boat. I was going to do the electronic controls also. There are options, but most go with Glendinning. Smart Actuator I. Glendinning advised against the Smart Actuator II for those engines / gears. About $2k each. Control heads about $1k each. Cables, brackets, installation? They also have a wired remote that is about 1/4 the price of the dockmate. I have heard the dockmate system is good. I might be a little worried about the membrane switches over time. I think much cheaper than Yacht Controller. You can remove your synchronizer and sell.

[cenger]

My 1271s with zf transmissions were upgraded to MicroCommander electronic controls. Sync easily but it takes a bit of getting use to in terms of throttle sensitivity and the 2second delay. All and all I prefer microcommander over the old Glendenning slave setup.

[major hattitude]

Sorry about misspelling must must be autospell ment glendenning
Controllers I did look at the yacht controller at boat show and seemed
Quality was not good and also was quoted $$22k

[Pascal]

I may upgrade to electronic controls at some point, if i do i will use Morse electronic controls... i had them on a boat i used to run. Reliable, no delay, reasonable price. Really liked them

[Boatsb]

I'd not look at anything but the glendinning eec2 for new engines. I lost a bid on a repower to a cat/ZF combo with microcommanders and separate trolling valves on price. I quoted higher hp cummins with the better controls.

After a few weeks I get a call asking if I knew anything about the microcommanders chrome nornlasting and how to deal with the trolling valves.

I have worked with the people at uflex before and would certainly look at their product too.

[Scarlett]

Pascal, I to have been considering electronic control but had not thought about Morse, however I just checked a number of sites and all said they were discontinued, to bad they did look pretty nice.

[Cricket]

Are the Morse electronic controls now being sold as Seastar?

http://www.seastarsolutions.com/prod...onic-controls/

Another option is Uflex.

http://uflexusa.ultraflexgroup.com/e...a-mark-ii.html

Also, you can never go wrong with a Glendinning product.

[Pascal]

Not familiar with th Seastar system, looks different maybe an evolution.

Indeed, Morse Teleflex Ke-5 looks to have been recently discontinued. Too bad.

[tonytrakovich]

The one thing the Glendinning engineer told me was to make sure the unit had enough force / torque to handle the throttle spring on the 12V series engines. That is why he suggested the Smart Actuator I over the II. I didn’t really know what he was talking about so I took his word for it.