In a message dated 7/11/03 7:50:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rmcleran@ix.netcom.com writes: > just note which spoke on the wheel is top > dead center and mark it with a line. Hi Bob, Our GB32 came with the king post already marked. My indicator is to tell you which, of the almost four times it will be on top, is which. Thanks for the response. Jerry & Barb O'Neill GB 32 #677 ADVENTURE Annapolis, MD.

If the king post is marked it should be simple to count how

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 17:50:58 EDT, Jerrysail@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 7/11/03 7:50:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >rmcleran@ix.netcom.com writes: > >> just note which spoke on the wheel is top >> dead center and mark it with a line. > >Hi Bob, > Our GB32 came with the king post already marked. My indicator is to tell >you which, of the almost four times it will be on top, is which. If the king post is marked it should be simple to count how many turns of the wheel it is from stop to stop (if you have hydraulic steering you will have a king post, it just will change on a regular basis). It is simple to count the number of turns from the hard to starboard stop to the hard to port stop and divide by two. Then one only has to put the rudder hard over and then rotate the wheel the correct number of times to find the center. On my boat, a Gulfstar SailMaster 39, I have cable steering and the wheel spins about 1.4 times from center to hard over. If I am ready to leave the dock and wish to center the rudder I simply put the rudder hard over and turn back to center. I will let the marked king spoke go by once and stop turning the second time it is at the top. ___________________________________________________ Ross Fleming ross@renoun.net S/V Renown Gulfstar 39 Seattle, Washington http://renoun.net