Four levers to control two engines......

LOL, funny story indeed. :)
The inconvenience you mention is actually not a problem when the blocks are separate, as in my previous pic. In fact, this allows you to face astern when mooring stern to, and still be able to easily reach the gear levers (the port one with your right hand, and stbd with l/h).
Otoh, with this setup, you obviously can't throttle both engines with one hand, but that's no big deal with cruising boats, where you normally "set and forget" the throttles. Completely different story with very fast boats, of course, where you're constantly throttling...
As an aside, I'm surprised to hear of separate levers with outdrives.
For the builder, is't easier/faster (=less expensive) to use the combined throttles boxes supplied by the engine/outdrives manufacturer.
Chapeau to Sealine for choosing to go that route, if that's how the boat was built... Or was she maybe repowered?
 
One of the reasons for going to just two levers for throttle and gears, was for amateur types, to not be able to go from max revs in forward, straight to astern, with subsequent schreaching of tortured metal and big expensive bangs, four levers for twin engines was and is a more proffesional way of doing things.
 
ash12 said:
Posted about her on here before but cant find the thread, so here's a different one. She recently came up for sale on eBay and I posed a few pics of her. Scroll down a bit on this page, brilliant boat.
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=339954&page=2
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aha thanks for bringing this up,
yes have seen these pics, a really nice vessel,
(and such a sorry state today)

I believe you have replaced her with a Broom ?
was it for the size ?
how would you compare the two boats ?

for me, I've never been a big fan of Brooms (sorry, just taste, no other reasonable reasons)
while I love these CDP's they have such a nice edge ? (all imho)
 
Yea we replaced her with a Broom Crown. Well we had the CDP for ten years and the upkeep was getting a bit much and also the accommodation was pants on her, she was nearly 50foot but has half the living space of the Broom. The CDP looked fantastic and just had loads of character and went really well, good at sea as well.
The broom has grown on us, wasn't keen at first but its a brilliant boat now, loads of room for the size, has a decent-ish turn of speed and is pretty good at sea.
 
Dreamfinder has four Leavers. The Flybridge has throttles to the right of the wheel, gears to the left.

Downstairs they are in line, throttles in front. They are hydraulic and fantastically smooth and reliable.

I was amazed to find they are still in production, 34 years on!
 
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