22 BASIC POWERBOATING. SAFETY & RESCUE FOR SAILING INSTRUCTORS USING A TILLER TO STEER


On boats equipped with tiller steering, move the tiller opposite to the direction you want to turn.


Boats with twin screws can use port or starboard props


individually to produce turning thrust.


With tiller steering, you push or pull the tiller in the opposite direction of the turn.


USING A WHEEL TO STEER


On boats equipped with wheel steering, turn the wheel in the direction you want to turn just as you would a car.


Turn Right


PIVOT POINT


Path of pivot point


through turn


A boat’s pivot point is the point around which it appears to turn. This point is normally located from 25% to 40% aft from the bow. As the boat starts to move forward, the pivot point shifts slightly forward and then moves aft as speed increases. When a boat turns, the relationship of the turning thrust at the stern to the pivot point causes the bow to rotate toward the direction of the turn, and the stern to swing away from it.


When the boat goes backward, the pivot point appears to move aft considerably, causing the bow to swing in a wider arc than the stern.


Bow pivots inside turn


Many good drivers imagine they are steering just the pivot point. They visualize the path they wish their pivot point to take over the water and then steer the point along that path. When a boat makes a turn, the first part of the turn will be wider than the rest of the turn.


Pivot point


Stern swings outside turn


Table of Contents


With wheel steering, you turn the wheel in the direction of the turn.


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