UglyDan®©™ wrote:
(Wayne.B)wrote
We eagerly await the pictures so we can properly critique it. I ran
across this one in Crisfield, MD last September and thought it might be
something like yours:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1724/dscn1373ui0.jpg

Looks alot like the setup I had on my old crab boat, Pot hauler and all,
Also very effective for single handling, push the stick forward turn to
port, pull back to go starboard.
Mine had wet exhaust though, my dockmate had a drystacked workboat with
a 455 in it, and to keep the water out would stick old soup cans on the
stacks. One morning as I was crossing his boat to get to mine he hit the
starter button forgetting to uncap the exhaust,and they flew off with
one hitting me square in the head, *&^% that hurt!
Always watched out for soup cans and drystacked boats after that. UD






I've seen a few new boats around with a second steering station and the
wheel for that attached to the bulkhead, so that if you turned the wheel
towards the bow, the boat would turn towards port, and towards the
stern, the boat would turn towards starboard. It used to be that way on
many of the older inboard boats of the 1950s. It sure saves space in the
cockpit on smaller boats.