my simrad pilot does steer to apparent wind angle, but this is not something I have used very often. I too prefer to manually control either the pilot or the trim. That said, I would think that anyone adding an A/P to their boat in today's market should probably buy a pilot that does offer steer to wind. I have Nexus instruments outputting wind and other nmea 0183 to the pilot. this allows steer to waypoint as well, which, when there is light or no wind, is quite useful.