Hi Pete,
your first solve was just after SGP unparked the mount, with the scope looking at Polaris. This is a very difficult area to handle properly. Fortunately, there is an easy cure for this: in the target details window (Target Settings), select both “Center on when target starts” and “Slew to when target starts”. This way, SGP will first slew to the target (as good as your mount can) and only then will start the centering process.
@Jared
I would like to suggest to just reverse the order of the two option on the “Target Settings” window. This should make the relationship between the two options clearer.
Regards,
Horia