"hk" wrote in message
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Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?

Yup. I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?

Yup. I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch




I found the cockpit control station very useful on my 25' Parker when
docking and considerably less useful but still usable when underway
ahead. I can say a lot more about that subject and how they work on
different boats, but...I won't.

"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?

Yup. I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch


I found the cockpit control station very useful on my 25' Parker when
docking and considerably less useful but still usable when underway ahead.
I can say a lot more about that subject and how they work on different
boats, but...I won't.


It *is* on topic. Fire away.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?
Yup. I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch

I found the cockpit control station very useful on my 25' Parker when
docking and considerably less useful but still usable when underway ahead.
I can say a lot more about that subject and how they work on different
boats, but...I won't.


It *is* on topic. Fire away.

Eisboch




As soon as you post some nice detailed photos of your new boat.
Fire away.

WaIIy wrote:
On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:35:09 -0400, hk wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
. ..

Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?
Yup. I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch



I found the cockpit control station very useful on my 25' Parker when
docking and considerably less useful but still usable when underway
ahead. I can say a lot more about that subject and how they work on
different boats,


but...I can't because I don't have a clue.



Classy as always, d.f.

Plan to post detailed photos of that boat of yours?

I didn't think so.

On Sep 7, 5:26*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Got any nice detailed photos of your new boat you can post?

Yup. * I can .... but I won't.

Let's talk about boats.

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?
Do you find them useful, Harry?

Eisboch

I've never had a boat with a secondary control station. But I suppose
that's ok, too.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:26:06 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?

I've never owned a boat with secondary controls other than upper/lower
helm stations but you see quite a few serious fishing boats with
controls in the cockpit. I'm guessing that they find it useful for
backing down on a large fish when there are only a couple of guys on
board. There are also some motor yachts which have very poor
visibility aft and I would certainly want a second set of controls for
backing into a slip.

Regarding our friend HK, I think we both know that he has *no*
interest in discussing boats other than his own. There is plenty of
evidence to support that conclusion.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:26:06 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

What do you think about secondary control stations located in the cockpit
area?

I've never owned a boat with secondary controls other than upper/lower
helm stations but you see quite a few serious fishing boats with
controls in the cockpit. I'm guessing that they find it useful for
backing down on a large fish when there are only a couple of guys on
board. There are also some motor yachts which have very poor
visibility aft and I would certainly want a second set of controls for
backing into a slip.


The Navigator we had was a perfect candidate for another set of controls.
In fact, if I had kept it and did more traveling in it, I probably would
have had a set installed on the rear of the flybridge .... on the section
that overhung the cockpit. I had absolutely no visibility of the back of
the boat from the upper station.

I wouldn't bother with a helm. I'd just have controls for the
transmissions and engine throttles.

Eisboch

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:47:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I wouldn't bother with a helm. I'd just have controls for the
transmissions and engine throttles.

Yes, that all you really need, and all that you see on sportfishing
boats with dual controls in the cockpit.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:47:43 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I wouldn't bother with a helm. I'd just have controls for the
transmissions and engine throttles.

Yes, that all you really need, and all that you see on sportfishing
boats with dual controls in the cockpit.


This subject is of interest to me because I am seriously thinking of another
boat. The one I bought is ok, but it's not what I really want or like.

I've searched high and low, looking at different boats, styles, performance
criteria, features, etc. and for some reason nothing really satisfies my
personal interests. Then, I realized why. Every boat I consider, I am
subconsciously comparing it to the Navigator.

So, maybe the thing to do is to get another Navigator. The one I had was a
"4800 Classic" which is 52'8" LOA. It was a bit too big to easily
single-hand, which is the main reason we sold it. (Plus, at the time, we
also had the 36 GB).

Navigator also makes a 44' version that has a layout that I actually like
better than the one we had.

But first, I have to try to sell the Mainship to free up the slip.

Something to think about this winter, I guess.

Eisboch