Mirrors. That’s fine on a houseboat
Actually in so fl you have to assume the other giuy doesn’t have a clue
Theblarger the boat the more limited the visibility aft and on the side is. You will have to step away from the helm for a few seconds to make sure there isn’t some idiot in a small boat too close to be seen before making a course change. No big deal. But I like having cameras pointed aft and toeach side of the stern on a large computer monitor
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Thread: Lower helm visibility.
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Pascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Maybe not as strange as you might think. I got rear ended by a sailboat while waiting on a bridge in 1994 or 5. He took off (as much as a sailboat can take off) and we had us a low speed pursuit going until a wildlife officer responded. Guy claimed he had the right-of-way because he was a sailboat and I didn't get out of his way at a closed draw. As I recall, that POS didn't even have sails. I got a ding in my platform, and he got a warning.
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
My rule #1 -
Trust no one.
Assume nothing.
And oh yes..."First do no harm"
JonJonathan Brein
1982 43' DCFB #550
"Paragon"
Chesapeake, Virginia
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10-09-2019 05:32 PM #16
Re: Lower helm visibility.
Oscar-
Good luck with your search!
Responding as a guy that came from running a sportfish boat for 15 years and now running a 58 LRC.... Underway running from lower helm there is limited visibility aft for sure. I tend to open the pilot house door and take two steps outside and take a gander... takes literally less than 5 seconds and running at 8-9 knots I do not find this a safety issue.
Actually the only time I find the lack of visibility an issue is backing into a slip … including my homeport. I haven't quite got that nailed down yet... but hoping it will come soon.... and I did install a camera in the back which does help me some.Last edited by JD5652; 10-09-2019 at 05:39 PM.
JD
1976 58' LRC Hull #311
"Miss Maggie"
Riviera Dunes, FL
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
LOL!!
That sounds about right from a sailboter. Right of way/stand on hardly means you can run over someone who is sitting still or moving slowly. Seeing him coming still wouldn't have given you many (if any) options to get out of his sights. I'll have to admit it was pretty sobering having one keeping pace me in the GOM when I was running my 58 on one engine. Yes, the sails were up, but I finally pulled away.Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Re: Lower helm visibility.
Pascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat