I am bringing a 1980 Northwest 28 foot kit boat back to life. It has never been in the water and the steering has never been hooked up. I don’t have many boat dollars B(ring) O(ut) A(nother) T(housand) and have to work with Boat Sense. I am a fine wood worker and plan on building a Teak steering pedestal. I am wondering whether a Teleflex Rack and Pinion push-pull steering will efficiently work for a 9000 pound vessel?
Will a Teleflex Rack & Pinion Steering System work
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If you have a pedestal you can build an
inexpensive, high quality steering system like the Catalinas and other production boats have. You need to find a Catalina 30 or 36 with wheel steering and beg to stick your head under the cockpit. It's just a gear on the steering wheel shaft with a short length of chain. Cables are fastened to the ends of the chain, run through pullys (turning blocks) at the bottom of the pedestal under the cockpit floor, then through a couple more pullys to the quadrant (rudder fitting, not very expensive, especially in galvanised steel) The expensive part of that kind of steering is the pedestal and the compass you put on top of the pedestal.
inexpensive, high quality steering system like the Catalinas and other production boats have. You need to find a Catalina 30 or 36 with wheel steering and beg to stick your head under the cockpit. It's just a gear on the steering wheel shaft with a short length of chain. Cables are fastened to the ends of the chain, run through pullys (turning blocks) at the bottom of the pedestal under the cockpit floor, then through a couple more pullys to the quadrant (rudder fitting, not very expensive, especially in galvanised steel) The expensive part of that kind of steering is the pedestal and the compass you put on top of the pedestal.
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