Mobo bridge, What does that bit do?

Got them on my Wurlitzer too...think its a great arrangement, all maneuvering done on tick over.

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My question with your second photo, is to adjust both throttles, you need two hands - knees to steer? or am I missing something?
 
FlowerPower said:
My question with your second photo, is to adjust both throttles, you need two hands - knees to steer? or am I missing something?
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Good question indeed. Yep, adjusting throttles requires two hands, there's nothing you're missing.
But on any long distance cruisers, be it a pure trawler or a semi-displacement boat, that's something you do very rarely.
Well, actually also on big(ish) planing boats, at least while cruising.
Not to mention steering: with these boats, you're on a/p 99% of the time.

Otoh, in stern mooring (which is the rule in the med), with the throttles arranged like that, you can comfortably use them while facing astern. I mean, not just looking astern, but fully turned backward while standing in front of the wheel, thus using the right hand for port engine and left hand for stbd engine.
I guess it sounds confusing, but trust me, it's very straightforward with a bit of practice. And you just can't do that - or it's much less convenient anyway - with the throttles coupled the other way round.

That aside, imho it's also more logical to separate the engines, rather than the function. I mean, stbd throttles for stbd engine and port throttles for port engine. In fact, coming back to performance boats, where obviously it's necessary to adjust both throttles with one hand while steering with the other one, the widely adopted solution is to bring them close together, but still separating them by engine rather than by function, as in pic below.
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Mechanically a single lever box is just a bunch of cams that operate the black then red. Engine end is the same as twin lever

My experience of single lever morse mechanical controls on the Sealines involve cables.

I notice that my double lever controls are hydralic all the way to the lever which moves it into gear. From this do I assume all single lever morse mechanical controls are cable?
 
AndieMac said:
Great looking boat! What sort of drive unit and props? All up weight on trailer?
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Thanks.
With apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread a bit: the sterndrive is a Bravo XR with a 4 blades 26" prop, as per pic below.
According to the builder, the boat weight is 2,338kg dry, but I didn't check it yet. And I'm not sure about the trailer weight, either.
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Very impressive Mapis...... It must be just awful having to take that rig down to the launching ramp on a hot summers day.....:cool:

The overall appearance of your boat to me says; 'muscle with class'

Its not over done like many others.
 
Great clip...I don't have any sound on here at work (and I'm thinking I may be missing something good) so I have to wait till I get home tonight.

I've only done 50 knots on water previously, but 100 would be....hard to describe....
 
WindermereColvic said:
Just poped in here from my rag-and-stick-mobile to ask what the 4 morse type (2 red, 2 black) levers do on this Grand Banks 42

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You know, just in case i ever have to pinch one..
Matt
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Honestly you lot, thought it was all keen boaters on here.

The black handles are the Bitter pumps, Red is mild. You just can't see the taps in the pic.

To the rear are the optics, choice unknown - but quite surely many & varied.

That nautically flavoured wheel looking thing is to hang the beer mugs from.

Or at least thats what they do on my little craft.

The engine controls are just out of sight by the seat, underneath the copy of the Sunday Post.
A pretty much perfect craft to my eyes
 
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