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John, you’re only going this way one time, so you might as well enjoy it with an autopilot, just dedicate one of those SS checks to the autopilot.
The autopilot will probably not handle some of the more sever winds that you go out in and everybody else is sitting at home. What it will do is give time to get back to helm so that you can whip the steering around to correct your course. In normal conditions with winds up to 15 to 20 mph it should do a fair job. 
