Seems like that would be a much more expensive solution.
Better yet, just have bob lose some weight.

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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, "John Cairns" wrote:

Pretty clever, if your wheel takes up as much space
in your cockpit as mine does. Don't say anything about
wheels vs. tillers, mine came with the boat, seems
to be the habit amongst most builders these days.

http://www.lewmar.com/news/news_display.asp?newsid=140

An alternative on the new-model Beneteaus is to have a pivoting
steering column ("a patented wheel that rotates 90 degrees -
Beneteau's answer to the industry-wide desire to open the passage
straight through the cockpit from the transom, and . . . simpler than
twin helm stations"). See, http://beneteauusa.com/news/323.php

Lewmar, like Beneteau (in a somewhat different way), advertises "fast
action" in the folding/unfolding mechanism (or, in Benteau's case, of
the wheel's pivoting); and I don't doubt that each has tested their
devices in stressful conditions.

Still, I remain skeptical about safety, if one tries to use (whichever
of these) thing(s) while operating the boat boat and, if one wants
wants extra space or relatedly more cockpit ingress/egress while on a
mooring or at anchor or in a slip, why not simply (for most, in just a
few seconds - right?) just unscrew the wheel and lash it to some
secure and more out-of-the-way place?

John Cairns wrote:

Or better yet, one of these, works like a wheel or a tiller and doesn't take
up that much room. Haven't seen it on any boat other than the ETAP.
http://www.etapyachting.com/index.cf...pments&Start=3

Is there a picture on their web site? All I found was this:
"1. EVS ® (ETAP Vertical Steering) System
Instead of a standard hand tiller, the ETAP 32s can be fitted with the
revolutionary ETAP Vertical Steering (EVS ® ) system. The boat is steered via an
ergonomically-shaped control which moves in the vertical plane athwartships. The
EVS ® system combines the precision of a tiller with the advantages of a wheel,
while eliminating the disadvantages of both. The EVS ® system is supplied with
two teak seats and an emergency hand tiller. "

Sounds like they've re-invented the whipstaff. I'd like to give it a try,
though, it sounds pretty cool. I've seen a couple of Etap boats, one 35-ish
footer at a boat show and a couple of their smaller trailerables. They seem like
pretty good boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

BinaryBillTheSailor wrote:

Which is why DougThePlug gave up sailing and bought a trawler.

Who said I "gave up" sailing? This past fall I was giving informal sailing
lessons at our marina, by the request of a few people at our dock who saw me
sailing a borrowed board-boat (a Laser knock-off). I still have three
sailboats and use all of them... when not covered with snow & ice.

Now tell everybody why you gave up.... whatever it is you used to do.... and
became Boobsie's lap dog.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Weird, that is the link on the page with the picture of the vertical tiller.
Enter the sailing section in English, the page displayed will have a column
on the left side, at the bottom of the column click on "developments" when
you get to that page, at the bottom click on "back to list", the page
displayed has a link to the EVS page. Almost like they don't want anyone to
see the thing!
John Cairns
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John Cairns wrote:

Or better yet, one of these, works like a wheel or a tiller and doesn't
take
up that much room. Haven't seen it on any boat other than the ETAP.

http://www.etapyachting.com/index.cf...pments&Start=3

Is there a picture on their web site? All I found was this:
"1. EVS ® (ETAP Vertical Steering) System
Instead of a standard hand tiller, the ETAP 32s can be fitted with the
revolutionary ETAP Vertical Steering (EVS ® ) system. The boat is steered
via an
ergonomically-shaped control which moves in the vertical plane
athwartships. The
EVS ® system combines the precision of a tiller with the advantages of a
wheel,
while eliminating the disadvantages of both. The EVS ® system is supplied
with
two teak seats and an emergency hand tiller. "

Sounds like they've re-invented the whipstaff. I'd like to give it a try,
though, it sounds pretty cool. I've seen a couple of Etap boats, one
35-ish
footer at a boat show and a couple of their smaller trailerables. They
seem like
pretty good boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

John Cairns wrote:

Weird, that is the link on the page with the picture of the vertical tiller.

Your post shows it as a link, but the web page strips the second part of the
address and just takes me to the Etap Yachts web site home page. If I type it
in, I get the verbal description but the pic is a broken link.

I'm using an old browser, that could be part of it.


Enter the sailing section in English, the page displayed will have a column
on the left side, at the bottom of the column click on "developments" when
you get to that page, at the bottom click on "back to list", the page
displayed has a link to the EVS page. Almost like they don't want anyone to
see the thing!

Likely it's a programming problem, or maybe it's one of those "best viewed with
Micro$oft" coded web sites.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Try this one:
http://www.etapyachting.com/index.cf...ments&Type=Lis
t

"DSK" wrote in message
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John Cairns wrote:

Weird, that is the link on the page with the picture of the vertical
tiller.

Your post shows it as a link, but the web page strips the second part of
the
address and just takes me to the Etap Yachts web site home page. If I type
it
in, I get the verbal description but the pic is a broken link.

I'm using an old browser, that could be part of it.


Enter the sailing section in English, the page displayed will have a
column
on the left side, at the bottom of the column click on "developments"
when
you get to that page, at the bottom click on "back to list", the page
displayed has a link to the EVS page. Almost like they don't want anyone
to
see the thing!

Likely it's a programming problem, or maybe it's one of those "best viewed
with
Micro$oft" coded web sites.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

I give up. I think they want you to have to visit parts of the website
before you visit this particular page. You would think they want to crow
about their "development".
John Cairns

Who said I "gave up" sailing?

wrote:
You did!

Nope, sorry. You must be thinking of somebody else.


....You are even selling that half assed Hunter that made you think you
were a sailor of some sort.

Half assed? And you're bragging that your boat is what, fully assed?

In any event, when I sell the Hunter, I'll still have two sailboats..
both of which are beyond your skill to even keep rightside up, much less
win anything.

Fresh Breezes (or whatever)- Doug King

DSK wrote:



Half assed? And you're bragging that your boat is what, fully assed?

In any event, when I sell the Hunter, I'll still have two sailboats..
both of which are beyond your skill to even keep rightside up, much less
win anything.


You want to sell the sailing connoisseurs boat of choice?
Bwhahhahahahahahaahahhaa

Cheers

That would work for bob...

Boobs is waiting for Lewmar to come out with a folding ladder.


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