Copilot devices and apparatuses for supporting marine drives having a copilot device

A copilot device for an apparatus for supporting a marine drive on a marine vessel, the apparatus comprising a transom bracket comprising a swivel cylinder and a steering bracket configured to couple the marine drive to the transom bracket, the steering bracket comprising a swivel tube seated in the swivel cylinder, wherein steering of the marine drive relative to the transom bracket rotates the swivel tube in the swivel cylinder, the copilot device comprising:

• a friction head that is configured to apply a clamping force on the swivel tube, and
• an actuator configured to cause the friction head to increasingly apply said clamping force on the swivel tube and alternately to decreasingly apply said clamping force on the swivel tube;
• wherein the copilot device is configured to frictionally restrain rotation of the swivel tube relative to the swivel cylinder by applying said clamping force on the swivel tube.