J C thanks for watching and letting us know you’re benefiting from our channel. 😎

ANDREW Becker 😆

@@AskCaptainChris & keep the water out of the boat, #1 rule

ANDREW Becker 👍🏼

Dave Tichenor it’s all what you get used to. Our single engine lobster boat had two sticks and our twin engine full displacement trawler had four sticks. My wife and I were comfortable using both. When we started our business most used-boats had two sticks per engine. As newer boats came on the market the shifting and throttle were accomplished in one stick per engine. For the new boater this was easier to learn and process and the rest of us just learned to accommodate. Sort of like moving from driving a sporty car with a standard shifter then driving an automatic. And today, like being used to inserting the key and driving a traditional automatic with a shifter stick then hopping in a car with a push button start and a knob to turn when shifting from park to reverse or drive. It’s all what you get used to. FYI the two stick per engine is a mechanical design and the electronic single stick per engine is known as fly by wire. There are other products on the market but these are the two more common found on boats. BTW we’ve worked with clients who had an older boat with four sticks that needed some serious adjustments to allow for easier shifting. They were all set to have a bow thruster installed to make docking easier. We convinced them to wait on the thruster until they had the 4 sticks converted to electronic 2-shifters (a fairly reasonable conversion). It made things so easy for close quarter maneuvering that they decided NOT to install thrusters.

J P it is called detent and I guess you can shim the spring tension to adjust the resistance. It is better to just learn the feel of the existing control levers. This owner had never owned a boat before so he was new to everything and adjusting well.

Bob P in close quarter maneuvering you cannot steer if you’re not in gear. 😆

@@AskCaptainChris Yes, tough to get into the mindset to steer only with the throttles until you get used to it. Now it comes pretty naturally (even if I still screw it up occasionally).

Bob P practice makes muscle memory. The more you do it the less you have to think about it. Compare it to how easily you drive a car after a few years vs when you first started behind the wheel as a novice. Muscle memory. 👍🏼👍🏼

You are looking through the eyes of a fisherman. We are looking through the eyes of a boater- seeing nothing is good which means nothing to hit the props or rudders. :-)

gjm666 that’s because if I take control then I put the camera down. 😎 if you’ve watched all our playlists you probably see a few goofs. Our aim on this channel is not to embarrass anyone or show the attention grabbing crash and burn videos. We encourage and try to teach the proper way so you know what is supposed to happen. When we come aboard your boat we won’t publish your awkward moments either.