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Steering on the left?

glake

glake

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So I'm in the process of redoing my Eluder, and my brother suggested I move the steering wheel to the left side. This would give me a better option for mounting a hot foot to the floor. Now would definitely be the time to do this. Has anyone ever done this, or do you have any ideas or opinions?
 
I didn't move the steering,I mounted my land & sea foot throttle on the left side so I could thru bolt it. 12 yrs and never a proplem of coming loose even as everyone knows I like to stand on it in rough stuff.It took 2 seconds to get used to it and never a complaint from any student driver.

The really big proplem is if you use the cutty up front alot you have this upright snag-all thingy almost center of the cuddy.I use mine all the time even as home away from home.And if I had a dollar for everytime I cursed at that thing.I'd have a 300xs off back. just my 2cents
 
I moved the wheel from the right to the left on my jetmate. The reason I did was for the foot throttle. Onced moved I did like it a lot better it seemed more naturall.
 
I just finished test fitting my hot-foot and came to the conclusion that the best solution is what merc245 suggested, throttle control with left foot.

Since (on rare occasion) my son or wife may drive I have an adjustable hot-foot mount. This will fit perfectly next to the dash side, with the mounting screws going into the main deck. The reason I believe this would be better than reconfiguring to have the helm on the port side is that the hot-foot has it's cable attachment and all adjustments on the right, if you moved it to the port side you'd have a heck of a time because of interference with the dash side.

I had originally planned to use the throttle with my right foot, I built a small box to mount the hot-foot on because of where it would have to sit (on the sloped hull). Well, once I dropped the cap onto the hull and mounted the driver's seat it became obvious that there was no way to be comfortable with my right foot raised up like that. By mounting the hot-foot for use with my left foot my legs are perfectly comfortable. In your case if you get it located before putting the main deck in place you could use T-nuts to mount it with (too late for me, I'll just screw into the main deck and seal the screws with 3M 5200).
 
groundloop said:
I just finished test fitting my hot-foot and came to the conclusion that the best solution is what merc245 suggested, throttle control with left foot.

Since (on rare occasion) my son or wife may drive I have an adjustable hot-foot mount. This will fit perfectly next to the dash side, with the mounting screws going into the main deck. The reason I believe this would be better than reconfiguring to have the helm on the port side is that the hot-foot has it's cable attachment and all adjustments on the right, if you moved it to the port side you'd have a heck of a time because of interference with the dash side.
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Good to know. I had not thought of the cable issue.

groundloop said:
I had originally planned to use the throttle with my right foot, I built a small box to mount the hot-foot on because of where it would have to sit (on the sloped hull). Well, once I dropped the cap onto the hull and mounted the driver's seat it became obvious that there was no way to be comfortable with my right foot raised up like that. By mounting the hot-foot for use with my left foot my legs are perfectly comfortable. In your case if you get it located before putting the main deck in place you could use T-nuts to mount it with (too late for me, I'll just screw into the main deck and seal the screws with 3M 5200).
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I thought about the box too, but thought it might be awkward. Good to know it's been tried.
 
Jet boat: steering on the left.

Prop driven boat: steering on the right.

If you have a standard rotation prop and you move your weight to the left side of the boat, you'll throw the balance way off. Your prop turning in a normal rotation gear case causes the starboard side of the boat to rise up. You sit on the right side when driving to counter-act prop torque.
 
JW said:
Jet boat: steering on the left.

Prop driven boat: steering on the right.

If you have a standard rotation prop and you move your weight to the left side of the boat, you'll throw the balance way off. Your prop turning in a normal rotation gear case causes the starboard side of the boat to rise up. You sit on the right side when driving to counter-act prop torque.
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:lol: I had a old correct craft ski boat with a reverse rotation engine. Was the prop a left hand or right hand. It was a right hand steer and it was built for competition skiing. It was built so the boat would not lean during competition.
 
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