Posted by jquigley on 02/18/09 - 1:48 PM
#14
LabCab wrote:
From what I understand from reading this site, the standard would be set up as a stern drive boat meaning you would not have steering cables or steering wheel. Sport would have had remote steering. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. All the hulls in a given year are the same the difference is in the wood interior fittings. On the other whaler site a member sells a DVD set that has all the whaler catalogs that show all the set ups. It costs something like $59.00.
This is technical I know, but the appropriate wording is that the Standard model is a "tiller" steer and the Sport model is a remote steer.
I believe "stern drive" is a reference for a unit that has the prop shaft extended through the aft keel section while the engine is usually inboard amidships, the prop is guarded by a shroud of some sorts fore and immediately followed aft by some rudder configuration.
For outboards with no steering wheel or cables, you are looking for "tiller." I only corrected because you asked. ;) "Someone will correct me if I'm wrong."
-John