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Old 10-28-2014, 12:10 PM   #3
Conrad
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Originally Posted by High Wire View Post
I prefer the angled small wheel w/suicide knob of a CC over the larger straight mounted trawler wheel in docking situations because I'm standing. Cruising along and seated, I like the big wheel. I'm sure everyone is different and has their own preferences.
Exactly my feeling. That was the arrangement we had on our last boat - the angled wheel at the upper helm c/w suicide knob and the traditional wood spoked wheel at the lower. Always docked using the upper helm.

On our current boat we only have the traditional vertical wood spoked wheel in the pilothouse; what makes it work at the dock is the suicide knob attached.
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