Rack steering

[bradford]

Interested to hear what you choose and how it works/installs, only done rotary replacements so far. My dad had a 3.0 Mercruiser I/O when I was growing up with a rack system, seemed like a durable/consistant feel from what I remember. Phat I have a NFB on the skiff and a regular rotary helm on the V that I replaced several years ago. To me there are pros and cons of each, mostly just what you're use to. I find with the regualr rotary helm it seems like you're dong a lot less steering, you will steer her around a bend and hold the wheel and slowly let her straighten herself back out letting the wheel slide through your hand. On the NFB you have to physically turn the wheel to the direction you want her. NFB is nice when trolling because it will hold position. Something else, when you're off the boat in the driveway you can't physically turn the engine from one side to the other with the NFB like you can with the rotary or rack and pinion systems.