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Insane. For 4 minutes the boat does what it wants? There's no way to stop it? 
In Response To: They were in the middle of a reboot but it's 4 minutes. 
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- Damn, 'French Kiss', our friends boat, lost at Fort Pierce Inlet.
- 'Dock and Go' locked up the onboard computer and couldn't be overridden
- they couldn't turn it off and go manual?
- Nope!
- IF its the same as the Jeaneau (or similar), you have to turn-off the power and reboot the "computer".
- Terrifying! So it docked itself, onto the rocks?
- They were in the middle of a reboot but it's 4 minutes.
- Insane. For 4 minutes the boat does what it wants? There's no way to stop it?
- Insane. For 4 minutes the boat does what it wants? There's no way to stop it?
- Terrifying! So it docked itself, onto the rocks?
- No master battery switch?
- Nope!
- The Jeaneau computerized system had 18 out of 18 failures in it's similar system.
- I thought you and Ray going to help
- Unbelievable!
- Hate to even suggest this, but my first thought was...
- Bow thruster and AP have same potential
- We cannot realistically expect complex
- they couldn't turn it off and go manual?
- Going to venture a guess... loss of power and not prepared...
- Below decks autopilots
- Me thinks it is a rare situation...
- I saw French Kiss being towed...
- Into the rocks story . .
- 'Dock and Go' locked up the onboard computer and couldn't be overridden