Steering Ships

[ludwig]

Do they still have one of those round wheels on the bridge that you see on pirate ships?

[Quizmonster]

Some may but, visiting the bridge of a cross-Channel catamaran ferry, I saw that the "steering-wheel" - for want of a better word - was about the diameter of a cup! Certainly, it could be easily be grasped in one's hand.

[wildwood]

Many modern ships just have a toggle to adjust the servos, when this needs to be done manually.

[Sharingan]

We had an old Ex Naval Pinnace that had a great big wooden wheel, I used to love it as a kid, but that because it had chain steering, real monster :)

[jno]

it's not looking good

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02114/cruise_2114890b.jpg

she doesn't even have a parrot on her shoulder

[Hopkirk]

They should have a funnel attached to a hosepipe, so they can shout to the engine room.

[Octavius]

I thought modern cruise ships just had one of these.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Atari-2600-Joystick.jpg

[Octavius]

Although some boats still have the traditional type. Note the mahogany inlays, particularly nice don't you think, nice dials too.

http://vipdictionary.com/img/ausail-doral265elite-helm.jpg

[Quoi]

thats a very tempting little button in the piccy octavius..... I wonder what it does?

[jno]

it's a shame she's let that piece of cord trail down behind her, it might get caught on something

[Octavius]

Yes jno, the daft moo is (a) not on water, and (b) not looking where she is going.

Quoi, the red button is multi-functional, it can launch missiles, hoot and make the ship jump over obstacles.

[jno]

it looks like water, but you can do anything with photos these days. In fact, I have tracked down the original of that one before it was photoshopped

http://m9.i.pbase.com/o6/87/860387/1/131245839.C6uNuOZi.Vietnam_Hu_eRiver.jpg

[Octavius]

jno, I had to get my monacle out and have a closer look, you are right. I thought it was grass. This photo taken just after the shot, proves it was water.

http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.dailydawdle.com/images.dailydawdle.com/no-woman-just-no.jpg.pagespeed.ce.-24s_E7kVj.jpg