Donal,

I have a wide wheel on my outside helm in a "T" shaped cockpit. I very
seldom sail from behind the wheel! The joy of the big wheel is sailing
it from inside the cockpit with my crew/guests while forward of the
wheel. With the large wheel it is the logical location to sail it from.
Even more so when single-O. The only time I go behind the wheel, is to
make room when there is a crowd. Even then if it is people I've sailed
with, one of the crew will slide around and sit on the stern seats.

Ole Thom