Tom W Clark wrote:
5 turns lock-to-lock?! Really? That might be a deal breaker for me.

I hate that slow steering. Dick Fisher, in the early Boston Whaler Owner's Manuals used to warn against "gearing down the steering" because it reduces your ability to react if need be and increases the time required to change course to avoid hitting something.

For little 13, 15 and 17 foot Whalers, 5 turns is w a y too much. The 4.2 is OK and I like the old Safe-T and its 3.0 turns lock-to-lock for the small boats. I want steering like a sports car, not a bus.