[C320-list] Engine controls - two levers convert to one?

[Bruce Stanley]

Martin
yes but me @ 5'5" and wife @ 5'5"
never found that a problem ...
I should note we have to REVERSE into a tricky pen/slip. ... and the single
lever was never an issue.
We do think it is a significant improvement. Catalina now has this in its
newer pedestal set up.
If you send me your email address, I will send u pictures of mine (it was a
factory installation).

Bruce Stanley / 2006 C36 MkII/#2282/Fin
Fantastic Trio /Sydney Australia

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Martin Rosenberg <
martinlrosenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm confused. Ignoring the more than $1000 to purchase the parts and then
> the installation, it seems like the lever is still forward of the wheel.
> Doesn't that mean that you have to either reach over the wheel or through
> it?
> Martin Rosenberg
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > The first 320 I part-owned (#303) was fitted with a single lever engine
> > control (the type with the red button in the middle to engage neutral)
> that
> > was mounted on a "secondary pedestal" that was supported between a plate
> > attached to the top of the compass pedestal and by a stanchion to the
> deck,
> > through which the control cables ran.
> >
> > My new (to me!) 320  (#366) has two small levers either side of the
> > compass - which I now realise is pretty standard - and I just cannot get
> on
> > with them at all! Despite being 6ft 4” tall I find controlling these by
> > reaching over the wheel very difficult, especially when changing from
> > forward to reverse and steering at the same time, i.e. every time I come
> > alongside!  Reaching through the wheel is equally cumbersome as my arm
> > stops more than a few degrees of rotation! I find it very
> counter-intuitive
> > to push the throttle forward to increase reverse thrust!
> >
> > I guess it’s a learned skill like any other, but right now I’m thinking
> of
> > converting to the single lever, side mounted option.
> >
> > My question is - does anyone know who supplies those "supplementary
> > pedestals", and what would be the correct name for it anyway? I’ve had a
> > look at the Edson site but there’s nothing obvious there!
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Graeme
> > Falmouth, England.
>