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Old 01-31-2011, 01:07 PM   #45
Delia Rosa
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City: St. Catharines
Vessel Name: Delia Rosa
Vessel Model: C & L Sea Ranger 47 Raised Pilothouse
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Do you really need a lower helm?

Carey wrote :

"I find it interesting that you choose the lower helm for close work. I do quite the opposite. I find that from the bridge, I can see both ends of the boat. I can't do that from below, and the other side of that is that from the bridge I can communicate better with those on deck or on the dock."








You are correct that the visibility from the flybridge is actually better than from the pilothouse, but we still prefer to use the lower helm for close work. **

Dan will drive from up top until we are just approaching the dock and then he scoots down our stairway into the pilothouse to handle the rest of the approach from there. I always handle all the lines but with him at the lower helm,*he can help in an emergency. *We also use*small two way headsets so that we are in constant communication... so far, this system has worked well for us.



-- Edited by Delia Rosa on Monday 31st of January 2011 03:10:31 PM
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