1972 Katama 16 steering cable routing

[hermit]

Last year I replaced the steering cable on my 1972 KATAMA 16. I routed the new steering cable through the center tunnel because that's where the old one was routed. However, the Katama console would allow routing the steering cable down the starboard side, behind the rail, to the transom.

It seems to me that routing the steering cable on the starboard side would have two benefits:

—the turns in the cable would be reduced from two 180 degree turns, one under the console and one in front of the transom, to two 90 degree turns, and

—the transom area would be less cluttered, making it easier to fish from the stern of the boat.

But these are just my inexperienced speculations. I want to ask folks with more experience if routing the steering cable along the starboard side of a 16 foot classic hull, behind the rail, works well.

[jimh]

Having fewer bends in a mechanical control cable sounds advantageous.