Hi Tim,
The inboard makes a wheel more desirable because you'll be building skills applicable to much larger yachts. Like the wind and currents prop walk is another force on the boat that takes a little time to master. An inboard sailboat can be spun in essentially in its own length using reverse prop walk and the hard over directed thrust off the rudder in forward. While you practice this skill doing pirouettes that appear to have little purpose in the real world you'll find it comes in handy to be able to slow the boat below steerage weigh and still make the maneuvers you need to make without accelerating. Once you've master turning clockwise (the easy direction) then it time to take it around counter clockwise (the hard direction). I stepped off the C270 and on to my brothers new IP38 with a seamless transition. He moved up from an Oday 240 (tiller) and was very intimidated at first by the winds and the cross currents at his slip because he thought he had to have perfect alignment and steerage weigh to enter his slip. It took about an hour to teach everyone in the family how to spin his full keel boat in both directions. That changed the game entirely. After that instead of trying to get lucky he anticipated his drift, came to a stop up current/wind, and used new skills to hover until his drift finished the alignment and then he eased in. Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] tiller to wheel steer Hi all.Thank you all for your input.Phil, my C 27 is an inboard.Does it make a difference? I have not sailed her yet,though I do have a C 22 I've been sailing for a few years.I sailed my friends 27 Oday with a wheel steer and liked it. Though it is getting cold up here in RI I think i'll try the tiller before making a decission. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
