Agreed. Growing up, I spent a lot of time on boats. The county I grew up in was primarily a fishing/crabbing economy. Autopilot on boats is like this. It ma

Agreed. Growing up, I spent a lot of time on boats. The county I grew up in was primarily a fishing/crabbing economy. Autopilot on boats is like this. It maintains a compass heading. At no point does it steer you around obstacles or react to anything other than changes in the compass heading induced by drift, waves, currents, wind, etc.