Steering upgrade

[major hattitude]

We just finished Steering upgrade on our 1989 65/74ft MY removed the Hynautic system
And replaced with Kobelt electronic steering system first ride yesterday very happy we even
Put a jog stick in so you can use the lever to steer the boat

 

[rwaldrop13]

Way to go! Keep updating with how it performs.

 

[major hattitude]

Steering Upgrade

 

[major hattitude]

Pics of steering componets under Master bed and Jog stick

 

[R D Young]

Love the Kobelt products. I have their bow thruster and steering systems. With the NFU jog, it's cheap and simple to add another station, like on aft deck for docking. It's important to have a rudder indicator since the jog does not return to center.

 

[rwaldrop13]

Thank you for sharing. My only reservation is a personal dislike of the joystick since my last ship in the Coast Guard was one of the first ones with the joy stick and I could not "feel" the rudder the way I could on my previous ship with a 4-foot diameter brass wheel. But thanks! One of my long-term projects is a new autopilot and a rudder angle indicator on our boat.

 

[cww]

That looks awwwwwfulllly complicated, what is the reliability factor over standard hynautic with that power steering system?

 

[R D Young]

My Kobelt system has worked perfectly for 30 years. Lots of long trips.

 

[major hattitude]

We only added jog stick srill have steering wheel and looking back was not that complicated
very happy we chose 3.5 turns hard to hard

 

[major hattitude]

On reliabitliy they put these systems in large ships