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My First Post (´scuse me a moment while I feel special for meself):
Sounds like these hydraulic systems are operating while in pure
sailing (non-motoring) mode. How are these puppies powered? Is there
a 12v pump with a healthy accumulator? Please don't tell me you run
an IC engine while sailing to turn a hydraulic pump just to have easy
steering.
If it's a standalone 12v system, who makes them? Cost? I might want
to adapt one of these to our 17m wood boat(house) on the Amazon (power
only--no sail, but I can dream).
Michael
Peregrino
currently in the Puraquequara lake just east of Manaus, Amazonas
--- In , "nottoway2016" <Bizbks2 at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> If you value the "feel" of a sailing boat that gets transmitted
> through the wheel or tiller, hydraulic steering may be a
> disappointment. Hydaulics are also hard to repair without
> specialized tools or lots of spare parts. That said, thousands of
> boats have hydraulic steering as it is adaptable and powerful.
> Spencer
