Removable Remotely Controllable Device for Rotating the Steering Wheel of a Boat of the Like

A navigation kit for a pleasure boat having a steering wheel provided with an outer edge, the navigation kit comprising:

• a navigation system including a first controller that is configured for receiving navigational data indicative of current and intended headings of the pleasure boat and for using the navigational data to produce a heading-indicative signal;
• and
• a removable controllable device for rotating the steering wheel including:
• i) a body;
• ii) first and second rotating elements that are mounted to the body and that defines, with the body, hooks for mounting the body on the steering wheel via its outer edge;
• at least one of the two rotating elements being motorized;
• the body being configured for hanging from the front of the steering wheel while the first and second rotating elements are operatively mounted onto the outer edge of the steering wheel for transmission of rotation of the rotating elements to the steering wheel;
• and
• iii) a second controller mounted to the body and operatively coupled to the at least one motorized rotating element;
• the second controller being couplable to the first controller so as to receive therefrom the heading-indicative signal;
• the second controller being responsive to the heading-indicative signal to control the least one motorized rotating element.