[Public-List] Check out this modification

[Gordon Laco]

HI David - I was just going to write.  It did not occur to me until after I
hit 'Send' what you were referring to - sorry.

I would guess that the owner of that boat fitted a Wagner hydraulic steering
system to the wheel.  The pump on the head side of the bulkhead is only
about 6"x8"x6" deep.  And the hoses I guess would run down the bulkhead and
aft under the bunk. Back aft there would be a steering quadrant like your
cable system had, but with a hydraulic cylinder pinned to it.   Interesting
idea but a lot of work to avoid being in the cockpit!

A friend once told me that it is not easy standing in one of those domes for
any length of time in bad weather - if your hands are on the wheel and not
available for bracing yourself you get your head banged up.  This is
personal opinion of course, but I would suggest that spending less money on
really good foul weather gear would be for me a better solution.

What could be better on a Sunday afternoon than talking about what some-one
else did to his boat???

Gord #426


> Gord
> 
> I am sure youu are correct - the head would function. My question is:  what
> kind of system would be needed to get the wheel  to steer the boat? On my
> previous boat I had wheel steering. The wheel was connected to a wire cable
> system that went below, changed directions going toward the rudder, connected
> with a quadrant (?) attached to the rudder and so steered the boat. Given this
> boat's position and the way our boats are build, how could that same job get
> done? I do not mind revealing my ignorance here - I am really curious about
> how this could work.
> 
> I am thinking about aesthetics, not functionality. I would hate to see an ugly
> mess created as a result of this innovation. I suppose one could  create a
> cover that would hide the cables - might look ok.
> 
> david
> 
>>>> Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> 01/13/08 1:35 PM >>>
> Hi guys - 
> 
> I don't think that dome interferes with the head - to use it one would stand
> on the forward end of the port bunk in the main cabin.
> 
> G
> 
> 
> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> I would like to see a picture of the head. The inboard steering station must
>> have had an impact there. I wonder what sort of impact.
>> 
>> david
>> 
>>>>> Rob Alley <1ralley at comcast.net> 01/13/08 12:10 PM >>>
>> The idea for this may have come from a relatively famous singlehander of
>> the 50's and 60's who sailed a small Junk.  He had such a pilothouse on
>> the Junk which allowed him to manipulate the sail and stay off the deck
>> in bad weather--I can't get to my library now, so I can't find his name.
>> 
>> James McRury wrote:
>>> I came across this modified A30 today --  check out the "Pilot House"
>>> 
>>> http://www.romeosmarine.com/alberg30extras.html
>>> 
>>> Cheers.
>>> 
>>> James.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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