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A helmsman relies upon visual references, a magnetic and gyrocompass, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course. The mate or other officer on the bridge directs the helmsman aboard merchant or navy ships. Clear and exact communication between the helmsman and officer on the bridge is essential to safe navigation and ship handling.
Shown are the whipstaff, the rowle, the tiller, the rudderstock, and the helmsman. A whipstaff is a steering device that was used on European sailing ships from the 14th to the 18th century. Its development preceded the invention of the more complex ship's wheel and followed the simple use of a tiller to control the steering of a ship underway.
Willem Nico Potma (born 12 March 1969 in Sneek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, [1] who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Potma as helmsman in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother Gerhard Potma as crew took the 18th place.
Thomas David Blackaller Jr. (January 6, 1940 – September 7, 1989) was a world-champion American yachtsman, America's Cup helmsman, sailmaker, and racecar competitor. He was a two-time world champion in the Star class keelboat, a world champion in the international Six metre class, raced in three separate America's Cup campaigns, and influenced the careers of many other sailors.
James Spithill (born 28 June 1979) is an Australian yachtsman. [1]In 2010, as skipper and helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing, Spithill won the America's Cup.He defended the cup twice, both times against Emirates Team New Zealand, first successfully in 2013, when Oracle Team USA came back from a −2 penalty score at the start to win 9–8 on the final race; and unsuccessfully in the 2017 America's ...
Sailors stand lee helm and helmsman watch. Traditionally, two stations are on the bridge of a ship for controlling the vessel's maneuvers: the helm, which uses a wheel (or touchscreen equivalent) to send signals to control the position of the rudder or rudders, and the lee helm, which traditionally inputs speed commands by operating an engine order telegraph to send engine commands to the ...
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French Baron and rear admiral of the Navy; was a helmsman early in his career; Peter Horsley, British Air Marshal; Lawrence Joel, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient; John Paul Jones, American naval officer "Yank" Levy, Canadian soldier, military instructor and author of a manual on guerrilla warfare
Merits as Helmsman in official championships between 1969-1984 and 2002–present: 19 Gold in the Swedish Championships; 6 Gold in the Nordic Championships; 2 Silver in the World Championships; 1 Silver in the European Championships; 2 Bronze in the European Championships