In my last piece, I went on at some length about Slider’s steering system. I like it because it’s so comfortable. Unlike a boat steered with a tiller, when sailing Slider, you don’t have to twist yourself sideways to steer. Your arm lies along the side deck as if on the arm [...]
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Slider’s Steering System Evolves
Slider has an unusual steering system. Because I put such a premium on comfort during the design process, and because seating was designed to allow the helmsman to face forward in a molded boat seat placed anywhere in the cockpit, tiller steering was impractical. I was inspired by Matt Layden’s brilliant little sharpie-like [...]
