PeteCooper
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Julie, if you were in a boat steered by a tiller not a wheel , would you know which way to move the tiller to steer right or left?
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powerskipper
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yes , push opposite to way you want to go /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif virtue of topper sailing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
thats if its a stick, if its a wheel should be way you want to go /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
thats if its a stick, if its a wheel should be way you want to go /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
PeteCooper
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Thank you. The reason I asked was that a while ago I asked the marina if they could send someone to tow me in, which they did. One person stayed on the twin engine RIB, and the other jumped aboard us and took the tiller, promptly pushing the tiller hard over to Port which was the direction we needed to go and therefore the wrong way for the tiller. After a few moments I took the tiller and all ended happily. I just wondered if people used to a wheel also knew which way a tiller worked - obviously you were the wrong person to ask if you have sailed Toppers!
powerskipper
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sorry
it all about creating a semi circle, have to push the rudder the way to make it a semi circle of the way you want to go /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
sorry
it all about creating a semi circle, have to push the rudder the way to make it a semi circle of the way you want to go /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Frontier
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There is also the fact that lots of us have tenders with outboards which behave like tillers, but isnt it instinctive anyway? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Kawasaki
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but isnt it instinctive anyway? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Yer'd think so!
I,ve noticed peeps get confused with "tillers" and which way the throttle "twists".
Drive with Your right hand on the tiller, them swap over to the left.
Tiss ok on a little eng which has an "uppy/downey" go faster lever but try swapping with a twistgrip type throttle control.
That can confuse for a mo!
but isnt it instinctive anyway? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Yer'd think so!
I,ve noticed peeps get confused with "tillers" and which way the throttle "twists".
Drive with Your right hand on the tiller, them swap over to the left.
Tiss ok on a little eng which has an "uppy/downey" go faster lever but try swapping with a twistgrip type throttle control.
That can confuse for a mo!
peterandjeanette
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On the subject of confusion, try this............
In the good old days when wheel steering was done by a system of cables wound round a drum I had occaision to move a boat where the steering had been wound the wrong way. So, turn wheel to left - boat goes right. Turn wheel to right - boat goes left.
When I confronted the owner he thought that this was normal. The boat was wired that way when he got it and thought that was the way boats were controlled.
The only worrying thing was that I soon got the hang of this and helmed the boat from Stourport (R. Severn) to Evesham (R.Avon) without mishap.
Good game, good game.
In the good old days when wheel steering was done by a system of cables wound round a drum I had occaision to move a boat where the steering had been wound the wrong way. So, turn wheel to left - boat goes right. Turn wheel to right - boat goes left.
When I confronted the owner he thought that this was normal. The boat was wired that way when he got it and thought that was the way boats were controlled.
The only worrying thing was that I soon got the hang of this and helmed the boat from Stourport (R. Severn) to Evesham (R.Avon) without mishap.
Good game, good game.
