Went to Murray yesterday to try and LL and see if any decent fish have moved off the deep brush, dropped TM in water flipped switch on wired remote.... nothing nada, no problem pulled out spare wired remote anain nothing!

no drive, no steering, the AP light won't even come on...After fishing a few brush piles decided to head home.

Pulled center cover, I have 24v to control board.. so i'm pretty sure the board is bad.

I would like to get a 70lb with i-pilot but just bought wife a new car so that's not in the budget!

The boat came with a 40lb PD that pulled the boat kind of ok.

I picked up a older 24 volt 65lb pd with AP last summer it pulled boat much better and AP was a big plus

So my options seem to be

replace board on 65lb

go back to 12 volt and pick up a 55 lb with i-pilot ( those are reasonably priced )

or get a 70lb with just AP , (in my mind I might as well just fix old 65lb)

For reference the boat is a 17.5 ft Skeeter bass boat

Any opinions welcome