Saturday, December 3, 2011

Throttle Confusion

When manuvering Big Duck in close quarters I generally like to leave the throttle alone and just work the steering and shifter. Big Duck has one handle to shift and one for the throttle. The trouble is I'm a little dyslexic and with the throttle at idle and the gearshift in reverse both handles are in the down position and more than once I have grabbed the throttle and shoved it up expecting her to go into neutral. I've had some close calls with the boat lurching backward instead of going into neutral.To add to the confusion, the handles on the flybridge are opposite to the handles below. Sooo, I put some fuzzy velcro on the throttle knob so I'll know as soon as my hand touches the handle, that I've got the wrong one.

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