[Rhodes22-list] Steering under power

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Some boats already have it but have you thought about designing a linkage
between your rudder and the outboard motor?  Some outboards are stiff and
hard to turn or too loose and won't stay centered under power.  They usually
have a "stiffnes"s adjustment.  I have a tiller instead of a wheel.  Besides
leaving you more room in the cockpit it may make it easier to design a
connecting linkage.  One consideration is not having to remove the linkage
when you tilt up the outboard but it might be simpler to design one which
only connects when the motor is down but then you'd be connecting and
disconnecting it. 

on 6/19/04 2:02 PM, Mark Skapinker at marks at brightspark.com wrote:

> My R22 came with a wheel instead of a tiller. (One day, I will probably retro
> fit it with a tiller - I should have much more control and be able to use the
> Skipper's Swivel Seats more effectively.)
> 
> I find that steering with the outboard motor is really stiff and very hard to
> control. Anyone got any ideas? Is that because of my wheel or the connection
> between the rudder and the outboard or just a reality of the boat? At very
> very slow speeds it is fine, but anything over 2 knots and it is really hard
> to turn - in fact, when I needed to turn hard to avoid a silly windsurfer
> close to harbor my prop started hitting the rudder.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas how to make this easier? Maybe I should be looking at
> remote control levers for better motor control?
> 
> Mark
> 
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