On 7 Jun 2006 17:03:26 -0700, "
wrote:


Mys Terry wrote:

The preference for starboard helm is to facilitate the highest priority
watch- to starboard.


Sorry Chuck, but that is pure unmitigated baloney that you are making up as you
go along. I've been boating for almost 50 years and I have never heard that ONCE
anywhere but in your post.


So, where have you been? I freely admit that I don't pay much
attention to sailboats.
If you want to make narrow and absolute statements about powerboats
without having to be so insecure about them that anybody with a
different opinion is a threat to you, you should bone up a little bit
first..

(They say there's a difference between 50 years of experience, and one
year of experience 50 times).


Here's link to some other people expressing the same opinion, so you
can now say you have heard it twice:

http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1483


Or, you can visit this site and read a comment by a spokesman for a
boat manufacturer (that places the helm to starboard) that "visibility
from inside the cabin in our number one priority....." with regard to
location of the helm.

http://www.fishsniffer.com/cgi-bin/f...1117771557/240


There you go, you have just tripled your experience regarding reasons
for helm placement (beyond sustaining Norse tradition) in a single day.


And finally, if you are really interested in unmitigated baloney, allow
me to recommend

http://www.gourmetfoodstore.com/spec...P5LPJ95D1587G2

That food store doesn't even carry boiled peanuts. How could their baloney
be worth a damn?
--
John H

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