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 18:26:06 -0400, "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 have a secondary control station mounted towards the stern.

Her name is Sandy.

"John H" wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:26:06 -0400, "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 have a secondary control station mounted towards the stern.

Her name is Sandy.


Heh. I had the same, except her name was Mrs.E.

As I mentioned before, the Navigator had absolutely no visibility of the
rear of the boat from the upper (flybridge) station.
So, when backing into a slip, particularly one I was not familiar with, she
would stand in the back of the cockpit with her arms held up above her head.
I could just see her hands. As I backed the boat in, she would direct me
by pointing in the direction the back of the boat had to move in order to
get into the slip without hitting a dock or another boat.

That boat had a fairly wide beam at over 15'. The slip we first had for
it (in Scituate) had finger slips on each side.
When the boat was in the slip, there was six inches of space between the
hull and the slip on each side.
On windy days, it made it a bit interesting getting it backed in.

Eisboch

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:59:15 -0400, John H wrote:

I have a secondary control station mounted towards the stern.

Her name is Sandy.

Isn't that called a command bridge ?

"HK" wrote in message
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No apparent naval content.

Vaughn

HK wrote :

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who famously compared herself to a
pitbull in her vice-presidential acceptance speech at the Republican
National Convention, appears to have antagonized a key voting bloc in
the upcoming election, the nation's pitbull owners.

From a story in National Lampoon, ca. 1974, set in a nightclub with a
decadence theme:

"He dances like a spastic!"

"I resent that!" said a spastic.

Dennis

Dennis wrote:
HK wrote :

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who famously compared herself to a
pitbull in her vice-presidential acceptance speech at the Republican
National Convention, appears to have antagonized a key voting bloc in
the upcoming election, the nation's pitbull owners.

From a story in National Lampoon, ca. 1974, set in a nightclub with a
decadence theme:

"He dances like a spastic!"

"I resent that!" said a spastic.

Dennis


"She sounds like a shrew!"

"But...she doesn't *look* shrewish."