Dave- You'll never regret stepping up to Terrova with iPilot. I run 8 rods floating corks. When I'm working baits over and around BPs and other structure, my motor gives me fine control, or I can turn on spot-lock & hover in a fairly small area over the structure. Autopilot is almost always on--regardless of what I'm doing. When I'm handling fish, it's very helpful that the boat continues in the same direction instead of veering out of control and heading away from the good spot. The foot control is my backup if something goes wrong with the remote, but it's been over a year since that happened & the pedal is now disconnected & stowed away. If I did more longline trolling, I would get more use out of track record/playback and cruise.

It's all good!!!