Remote controls for 9.9 Yamaha on a Niagara 26

[George Jarvis]

The remote controls on my (new to me) Niagara 26 for the 9.9 Yamaha are on the inside of the motor compartment and hard to see and use. I am thinking of moving the control box to the other side of the wall and thus be in the cockpit. Are there any issues I should be aware of?

 

[jssailem]

Your Niagara 26 is a well built boat by a talented nautical engineer. Congrats.

The 9.9 Yamaha I assume is their outboard, and your controls for fuel and gear shift have been extended from the engine into your boat.

Switching sides of the boat is not a big deal.

• You will need to assure you have enough cable length to reach the location you choose.
• Secondly you will need to assure that the controls work as you intend.
• Optimum (usually) orientation means you throttle increases fuel flow when you push the throttle forward and reduces fuel when you pull it back.
• The control for the gear should also work in the same manner. Push forward moves the motor into forward gear.

Flipping the controls from port to starboard may impact the orientation. You will need to make the adjustments before securing the controls in place.

 

[George Jarvis]

Thanks for the reply John. The controls currently move from port to starboard and back. If I move the controls into the cockpit they will still move starboard to port and reverse, just the reverse of currently.