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Join Date: Aug 2005
07-28-2006, 10:44 AM
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Probably for delivering mail, but there might be another reason. Anyone know?
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Join Date: Jun 2006
07-28-2006, 10:46 AM
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Were first motor boats with steering wheels from another country, if so maybe they just never switched it when it came to america, im just guessing though
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Join Date: Feb 2006
07-28-2006, 10:52 AM
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to ballance the boat with the torq of motor
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Join Date: May 2004
07-28-2006, 10:58 AM
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From another website:
quote:Boat propellers turn clockwise, sez Leon, and hulls used to be designed in such a way that when there was torque on the prop, the right side of the boat would rise up. So the wheel was put on the right, so the weight of these "healthy sized" fishermen would counteract that. As long as they didn't put the beer cooler on the left, which would throw everything off. This is not a problem with modern hulls, but the design stuck.
-Steve
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Join Date: Nov 2002
07-28-2006, 10:59 AM
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Then why are Nautiques steering wheel on the right? Ohhhh burn!
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Join Date: Jun 2006
07-28-2006, 10:59 AM
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Ya thats what Dave said
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Join Date: May 2004
07-28-2006, 10:59 AM
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P.S. I know not all props turn he same way.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
07-28-2006, 11:01 AM
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Nautique props turn the other way?
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Join Date: May 2004
07-28-2006, 11:02 AM
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Some do. I think the '06s are back to regular rotation props.
-Steve
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Join Date: Mar 2006
07-28-2006, 11:03 AM
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Steve, I think you were covered, when you said .... "This is not a problem with modern hull, but the design stuck." 
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Join Date: Jun 2006
07-28-2006, 11:03 AM
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thats weird i never would of guessed that
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Join Date: Aug 2005
07-28-2006, 11:05 AM
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Makes sense. Thanks guys.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
07-28-2006, 11:52 AM
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Old Sanger V-drives.... had the driver on the other side compared to a typical boat.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
07-28-2006, 12:16 PM
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my old '85 keaton ski boat direct drive has it on the left side. and check this out... it has a foot pedal for the gas. haha. old school.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
07-28-2006, 12:39 PM
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Right = starboard = steerboard = right handed for rudder manipulation
It is tradition from the Egyptians and Vikings - both used right rudders.
Left = port = away from dock = don't bang your rudder (steerboard)
A one whistle pass, oncoming is port to port - steerboards away from eachother - safer manuvering. This was set a long time before props were ever thought of.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
07-28-2006, 12:57 PM
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Foot pedals are sweet.
Karl reads books. Thanks man. The More You Know.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
07-28-2006, 3:06 PM
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Not all steering is on the right. I have owned several boats that have had the steering on the left.
When it comes to ski boats I suspect that it has a lot to do with "approved" boats for slalom skiing. A manufacturer who wants to sell a boat to the slalom ski crowd (which used to rule before wakeboards became popular) will at least make their boats resemble an approved for tournament boat.
The drivers are experienced driving on the right. The observer is experienced riding on the left. Back in the day when all the timing was done with a stop watch the observer would hold the stopwatch in his left hand and hold his right hand over the side. When the first marker slapped his right hand he started the watch. When the last marker slapped his hand he stopped it. If you take that observer and put him on the other side it will mess him up!
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Join Date: Mar 2006
07-28-2006, 3:26 PM
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a lot of carver yachts, i've noticed, have their steering shwels on the right. actually, i've only ever seen one carver with a wheel on the right. i've always wondered why they did that.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
07-28-2006, 3:27 PM
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uh, wheels, i mean.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
07-28-2006, 5:00 PM
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Karl is right
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