question for you boat guys

[grass disaster]

why the heck is the steering wheel on the right side?

do they make the boats in europe. lol

[geogunn]

my boat is all American and I never thought of why.

GOOD QUESTION....

GEO

[1MajorTom]

Boat propellers turn clockwise, and hulls used to be designed in such a way that when there was torque on the prop, the right side of the boat would rise up. So the wheel was put on the right, so the weight of these "healthy sized" fishermen would counteract that. As long as they didn't put the beer cooler on the left, which would throw everything off. This is not a problem with modern hulls, but the design stuck. Racing boats, however usually have the wheel on the left, like American cars.

I looked that answer up for you.

[fga]

i don't know if this is also a reason, but i remember as a kid, my grandfather trying to teach me the rules of the harbor.
Red-Right-Return
red buoy's always on the right, so opposing traffic would be on the right also.

just a thought i had.