Drive Leg Fix

[Kyle]We had previously reported that we thought one of the reasons that our autopilot motor failed was because of the strain of unsticking the drive leg from its flopped-over state at certain points of wheel travel. This is my super-simple solution and it works great. It is merely two lines, one from each side, led from the bottom of the inboard step rails to the ring on the drive leg. I used a bowline to attach the lines to the drive leg ring below the steering lines, which pull to the top when the drive leg is down. On the rail end I used a rolling hitch to get the tension just right. With the drive leg down, the wheel is turned to the stop in one direction and the opposite line is tightened until all the slack is out. When the leg is lifted, the lines tighten and pull the drive leg far enough to the center to keep from making metal to metal contact with the transom piece and slackens the steering lines, thus eliminating the sticking and reducing the load on the autopilot and steering system.