scott diego
Active member
So long story short I was envious of the 'dual station' guys being able to drive from the roof.
I became motivated, after talking to kidfreediver (if I remember correctly), he gave me the last vote of confidence I needed to believe I could figure out the rigging myself. That conversation convinced me to roll up my sleeves and bite into a project with no prior boat working experience.
After a fair amount of internet research, and some digested commentary from the east coast commercial guys, I elected to use controls that are a little fancier than the typical 'morse' controls. I bought kobelt single shift controls which are supposed to be a little beefier than the teleflex ones. Also, I was drawn to the single actuator design, which when you look at the gears is really a beautiful design as it shifts fore-and-aft and increases throttle...
Below is the system I bought... and it worked out great. (full disclosure I haven't installed it on my parker yet, but on an inboard diesel boat I own; the parker is next)
These are the list of parts (more or less)
1 - extra hydraulic helm
1 - steering wheel
1 - Kobelt 2091
1 - Kobelt 2093
2 - Felsted pull-pull cables
2 - kobelt cable attachment kits
All in all, a fairly easy install and I am sooooo stoked to drive from the tower....
I became motivated, after talking to kidfreediver (if I remember correctly), he gave me the last vote of confidence I needed to believe I could figure out the rigging myself. That conversation convinced me to roll up my sleeves and bite into a project with no prior boat working experience.
After a fair amount of internet research, and some digested commentary from the east coast commercial guys, I elected to use controls that are a little fancier than the typical 'morse' controls. I bought kobelt single shift controls which are supposed to be a little beefier than the teleflex ones. Also, I was drawn to the single actuator design, which when you look at the gears is really a beautiful design as it shifts fore-and-aft and increases throttle...
Below is the system I bought... and it worked out great. (full disclosure I haven't installed it on my parker yet, but on an inboard diesel boat I own; the parker is next)
These are the list of parts (more or less)
1 - extra hydraulic helm
1 - steering wheel
1 - Kobelt 2091
1 - Kobelt 2093
2 - Felsted pull-pull cables
2 - kobelt cable attachment kits
All in all, a fairly easy install and I am sooooo stoked to drive from the tower....