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Old 09-09-2013, 04:41 PM   #4
FlyWright
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"the cameraman directs his lens to what he says are engine controls mounted on the ceiling of the stern deck (which he refers to as the cockpit, suggesting we were mis-applying that word already)."

I agree with the above - very handy to have those controls in the cockpit for backing down on big fish. And, yes, it's called a cockpit...not to be confused with an airplane cockpit. The steering station on a boat is called the helm. The water-level stern deck on a boat is called a cockpit.

Don't know who the heck mixed it up on airplanes, but I blame the French.
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