On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:40:24 GMT, lupi wrote:

I know, dumbest question you ever heard but I've always had a proper
tiller. I'm pretty sure the steering system is called a radial drive
but it's disassembled and lying in the bilge.
So,.. if you are standing at the mighty wheel stroking your binnacle
fondly, a corn cob pipe clenched in your teeth, humming the words to a
ribald shanty and you want the bow to swing gently to port (a left
turn, so to speak) you would then:
a) turn the wheel counter clockwise (like a car)
b) turn the wheel clockwise (umm,.. like a boat?)
It's a European built boat and it's in the northern hemisphere at
present if that makes a difference.
Again, I apologize.

Apparently, if you were on the bridge of the Titanic, that fateful
night, you would swing the wheel clockwise. The rest of us, since that
time, turn the wheel a/c like a car when turning to port.

Brian W