The engine control lever on my Westerly Fulmar Eoriän was – as is the case on many cruisers – in an impractical place, at the rear of the cockpit behind the helmsman.
This means bending over and momentarily turning your back to operate it, which often results in an accidental course change by several degrees or more – particularly risky when sailing solo or manoeuvring short-handed. Of course, I know some boat owners have developed a well trusted technique of controlling the throttle with their foot when coming into a berth! Not so in my case.
I’ve looked
