79 Albin36 with hynautic steering

[Eli27]

Good afternoon all!! Happy New Year and hope all is well with everyone.

So, another question as usual. Wondering if anyone has upgraded there steering. Or maybe I shouldn't say "upgraded" but rather just made a change,,, in total turns from lock to lock.

My total turns is almost 5 complete turns. I was wondering if anyone has changed to less turns like 3 or so. Not liking my time spent on the wheel in tight quarters spinning the boat around. No thrusters, single engine.

I would think all I have to do is replace the pumps?!? Seeing that my upper has a seep to it, instead of repairing it, might as well replace them with what I want. I'm just not sure if I'd have to do the ram as well.

Thanks in advance for all comments and advice

Eli

 

[jleonard]

I had adjustable stroke on my 83 Albin. Don’t have a picture handy but it had an adjustment knob on the front to change the stroke of the rotary pump.
It was 1 1/2 turns from center to full rudder. The change did not make it any more noticeably harder to turn.

 

[motion30]

With less turns comes increased effort

 

[C lectric]

If you change the pump to one with a faster oil delivery then the cylinder will move faster also. Worry about the ram later if there is still not enough faster movement.

Measure the cylinder or look for a label which should tell you the stroke and diameter of the cylinder from which you can then calculate the capacity and figure out what the turns will be.

 

[mvweebles]

Helm pumps are well over $1k each. What kind of autopilot for you have? Wondering if you can install a jog lever and use it instead of the wheel.

Peter