Steering knob for helm/steering wheel

Thanks guys!

I attempted to install an Edson that I purchased a West Marine and could not manage to get the strap to go around the CD wheel, so I returned it. I have looked at NAPA, CENEX, Hadlock Building Supply, Westside Marine and Henery's Hardware, all in PT, to no avail. I'm now looking online.

I measured the circumference of the wheel to be right at 4 inches, so am trying to locate something that will fit wheels with a 1.27 inch diameter.

Am I just overlooking something or have others had similar experiences.
 
I have an Edson on my "04 C-Dory and it is pretty handy for tight
maneuvering in the harbor/slip area. If your've in and out of tight areas
I would heartily recommend one.
 
I have an Edson on my "04 C-Dory and it is pretty handy for tight
maneuvering in the harbor/slip area. If your've in and out of tight areas
I would heartily recommend them, especially if you do a lot of one-handing
in the slip.
 
When I was in college in the early 1960's, I saw one of these on a car in a wrecking yard:

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I seem to remember that the car was a 1947 DeSoto, but the photo source thinks othrwise:

By Frank Harris on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 12:34 pm:
"In the late 30's or early 40's Buicks came with a rotating knob set down into one of the steering wheel's spokes on the left. It had a horizontal handle running across the center of a seven inch circle. You could grasp the handle and rotate the steering wheel with ease. They were legal because they could not grab your shirt sleeve but more expensive to make than a necker knob and were no longer offered.

You could get your long sleeved shirt sleeve caught in a suicide knob and it could lock the car in a turn. Long Sleeved shirts have a slit in the arm and the cuff is buttoned. When you were driving with both hands on the wheel and not using the knob, it could get caught in the open part of the cuff and you could not turn the wheel. Thus the name Suicide Knob. "

Having trouble parking your C-Dory at the dock?

Maybe you need one of these:

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Steering wheel Ferrari F2008 (F1)

...Probably won't make the "Best Idea for Under $20 List", though.....

Joe. :lol: :thup
 

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Hi,
You can buy one of those Edison jobs for about 70 dollars plus or go to the local tractor place and buy one that works as well for 10 dollars. Black not shiney from the tractor boys.
D.D.
 
oh deere,
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D.D.
 
I have an Edson on my "04 C-Dory and it is pretty handy for tight
maneuvering in the harbor/slip area. If your've in and out of tight areas
I would heartily recommend them, especially if you do a lot of one-handing in the slip.
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Or you could use twins, (SleepyC has twin 40 yamahas) and once I get into the harbor, I don't even touch the sterring wheel :wink :thup :lol: :twisted:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Anyone using a steering wheel knob with a twins set up? Any advantages? I know the old salts will say take your hands off the wheel and use the twins for tight manouvering, but I'm just asking what options are available?

Martin.
 
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