Talk:Steering wheel (ship)

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[edit] Helm, wheel and tiller

This page has been renamed from "Ship's wheel" to "Helm (Ship's wheel)" with the summary "The technical name for Ships wheel is Helm". This is incorrect. Charles Chapman, Piloting Seamanship & Small Boat handling (1968) writes on page 54: "The helm is neither the boat's steering wheel nor rudder. It more closely refers to the tiller which was the method of steering boats in days gone by.". Since this article does not cover the tiller, I will therefore rename it to "steering wheel (ship)". I will also adjust the disambiguation page helm accordingly. — Sebastian 18:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

To the best of my knowledge, in common maritime usage it is never called a "steering wheel". It is called a "ship's wheel", or simply a "wheel", or quite often "the wheel". I beleive it's even called "the wheel" on ships with more than one wheel. I will look for references that back this up.RadioTheodric (talk) 14:51, 15 February 2008 (UTC)