healhustler
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2009
- Messages
- 5,198
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Bucky
- Vessel Make
- Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
If I could easily do it I would remove the upper helm on my Gulfstar. I may end up doing it once I get the boat back to my home marina in NJ. To me it's wasted space I could use for additional solar panels and antennas. It's one less set of gauges, throttle and engine cables and steering controls to deal with. It would also lower my overall height possibly lowering my CG. I see practically no reason to use the upper helm given the view and comforts I will have at the lower helm.
Bill
Hmmm. I got to wondering what the Gulfstar 36 would look like with no FB. It's already a pretty nice looking boat, maybe one of the lesser obtrusive FB applications, but she looks nice with a full rack of solar panels. If you amputated the FB, maybe Eric might be interested.