[alberg30] Re: wheel steering for A-30

[J.Sousa]

From: "J.Sousa" <jsss at net1plus.com>

It's called worm-gear steering.  When I crewed on a schooner this summer, it had
that type of steering system.  It does clear up a lot of room in the cockpit, but
with the Alberg you would have to relocate the engine controls to that box.  The
problem with this system is that you cannot "feel" the weather-helm through the
wheel. This should be a major concern because of the weather-helm the Alberg has
(as we all well know).  It is also not as easy to go hard-over because you are
stradling the wheel vs. standing behind it.
Just a few thoughts...

Regards,

Chris Sousa
#114
Carina Vela


RABBIT649 at aol.com wrote:

> From: RABBIT649 at aol.com
>
> I think all of bobjohns comments are valid and I think the idea of a folding
> tiller is great!
> But it keeps gnawing at me that, with enough creativity and will, a way can be
> found.
> Nobody had anything to say about my idea for a tilting pedestal. Ok. Then what
> about the system where the wheel is installed in the rear of the cockpit with
> its shaft going aft into a box you sit on, essentially straddling the wheel
> shaft. I've seen it with the seat crowned for sitting with a vertical spine at
> any angle of heel. It looks as if it would be ergonomic in an Alberg cockpit.
> What do you think?
> Paul
> Ashwagh
>
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