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Old 12-29-2011, 01:11 PM
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Thanks for the nice comments Bob! Hey we can always sell it on the installment plan. LOL
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Old 12-29-2011, 02:06 PM
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This was built in the USA that's why the wheel is on the left. If you want it opposite you have to get one built in England. Hope this helps. LOL
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Fred
Hi Fred, It's not a big deal but small craft that are made in america generally have the steering wheels on the right side not the left. All of my father's small boats with the exception of center console jobs were on the right and his cruisers had them in the middle if they had fly bridges.

Here are a few quick samples from the internet. The below pics are American made Chris-Crafts.

I hope this helps.

-Rich.
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Old 12-29-2011, 02:30 PM
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Default RE: Dumas 36

I had to did deep but I did find a few boats with the wheel on the left side. I didn't see any Chris Craft though. Looks like on small boats 99.9% of the time the wheel is going to be on the right side.

I did find this boat and WOW is it nice!

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Old 12-29-2011, 02:32 PM
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Hi Rich,
Thanks for the update and the great pictures. I was really being facetious with my steering wheel statement all done in fun. I was just following the plans which showed the steering wheel on the left side. I figured US auto makers put the steering wheel on the left and British on the right so it would hold true for boats also. LOL
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Old 12-29-2011, 03:24 PM
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Fred,

If you go back and take a look at xsthomas's pictures you will see that the steering wheel is on the left, just as you put it, according to plan.  Maybe there's something to be said about "following instructions".  Ya think?

Bob
Old 12-29-2011, 05:16 PM
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I thought the left or right steering wheel placement in small craft like a single propeller high horsepower runabout was determined by which direction the propeller rotated. When the prop is turning fast the boat will tend to tilt to the side due to prop torque reaction. This can be balanced out by putting the driver on the high side of the boat (the assumption being the driver is alone most of the time). And that would usually be the side where the wheel is.
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Steering wheel on left.
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Old 12-29-2011, 08:05 PM
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Hi Fred,
I totally agree with your logic on the subject. When I grew up on the water I wondered for a long time why the steering wheels were on the ‘wrong side’ of the boat.
Hi John,
You’re right, according to the web: Boat propellers turn clockwise, and hulls used to be designed in such a way that when there was torque on the prop, the right side of the boat would rise up. So the wheel was put on the right, so the weight of these "healthy sized" fishermen would counteract that.

So this could explain the mysteryon whythe wheelis on the 'wrong side' of the boat.
-Rich.
Old 12-30-2011, 08:14 PM
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Here's something you might run into as you run your boat. I had this problem, well not actually a problem. As you are in aturn, the way the waterwill come
off the frontquarter of the boat, it tends to get a lot of water coming into the cockpit area. I saw on a site years ago a guy had this problem as I had. On thepic, between the marks, you can see I added a little piece along the chine line. A 1/4" triangle spruce piece I bevelled each end, and shaped a little to fit smoothly, and painted. If you look closely down the chine line you can see how it is not a straight as before, you can seeit buldge down a little there. The water comes off nice as it was built, but can work its way up into the boat. With this little mod, the water peels off andcurls back into the water.Just something to think about. I also tend to go a little faster that scale speed sometimes, so depending your set up, you might not have this problem. This boat does look good going through the water.I've had lots of comments over the years.
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HI,Fred Now that you have ben bitten by the boat building bug,what's next? BTW on my Sterling Century ,the wheel is on the right Larry
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Hi Larry,
Good hearing from you again. Don't know what is next as long as it's scale LOL I pretty much build them to sell. Any suggestions??
Thanks and have a Blessed and prosperous New Year
Fred Menna Check6
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HI Fred Maby a Dumas PT or the cranbery by Midwest
Old 01-02-2012, 06:22 PM
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That would work for me I like both. Do you know where I can get one?
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Fred, for somthing special, check out the Legend Model Boat line. Lyman,Jersy skif,Dodge runabout and my fav the Century,built one back in 1952, cost a $10-15 back then,powered with a 049,ran on teather,not much rc back then. www.legendmodelboats.com For the others,try Tower Larry
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Hi Fred,

MACK Products has a really nice selection of model boats and have all the Legends there.. They also haveAWESOME customer service and ship immediately.

http://www.mackproductsrc.com/

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Hi Rich and Larry,
Thanks, for the heads up, I have both sites bookmarked. Just have to decide which one I want to build.
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Fred,I'm thinking the Jersy skif would be a nice build,I'm thinking of building one when I get some $$ My father was a boat builder,he made me a little dinghy
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Larry, did you ever get the Jersey Skiff?
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Larry, did you ever get the Jersey Skiff?
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Fred
HI, Fred No J skiff yet, also no $$ Larry
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Blizard05- Not to add to your difficulty in deciding on what your next model build will be, but take a look at the newest Legend Model Boat Kit, the 1922 Hacker Gold Cup Racer “MISS SEVERN”

http://www.legendmodelboats.com/miss_severn.htm

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