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historically accurate steering mechanisms Join to comment If you
wanna build accurate ships then you should remember few things-
one of them is steering mechanism- classic ship's wheel is
surprisingly modern- it was used in big ships during the early
18th century- possibly late 17th century but first accounts are
1710 or so- befire that ships were steered not by wheel helm but
lever called tiller- Sebesus i guess i was wrong when i said my
galleon doesnt have a tiller- it is possible called tiller even
if it's directly attached to rudder as in my galleon- i thought
"tiller" is separate lever usually vertical (like in my dutch
vessel-Rotterdam) - that kind of mechanism became common during
the late 16th and early 17th century and was used in most ship
during the time of pirates.... later during the time of
Blackbeard and the last pirates