Damn straight. It's worth checking every time you take out the boat.


OMG - How Positively GAY!!

Jon, why would you check the chock to chock turns on the wheel of the same
boat "every time" you take it out?

Because it makes one feel all manly & strong?

Joe wrote:
Mooron it's not gay at all. The purpose it to make sure steering and
all steering componants are working properly.

That's a rather pathetic way of "checking the steering." It
tells you almost nothing at all, might not even tell you if
the rudder is turning.

A better way is to crawl into whatever space (usually
inaccessible except by midgets) the actual steering gear is
in, and carefully watch the gear work as somebody else turns
the wheel... checking sheaves, calbes, bearings, etc etc at
several points along the way. Takes about ten minutes but
you should only have to do it two or three times a season
instead of "every time."

... Guess you have never had
steering fail eh?


Not unexpectedly on boats whose steering I had inspected. I
have had boats go thru storms where I had inspected the
steering (making minor corrections) and expected it to fail,
and been pleasantly surprised that it didn't.

Most steering failures I've experienced have been on small
boats, when the gudgeons break off. Fun!

DSK