We love our EXPOSED helm stations

The hotly debated topic of exposed helms on a catamaran. In this episode, we are traveling down the west coast of Portugal and Shayne gives us all a run down on his thoughts on why we like our exposed helm stations. As a cruiser, we don't often use our outside helm stations, we take advantage of our critical 6th crew member Steve (also known as our autopilot). For long passages, it makes sense to put the autopilot on and get on with looking after family and boat while underway but there are times when we want to actually sail our boat - either for fun or out of necessity. In these cases, having helm stations on each side of the boat allows clear views of the sails and hulls. Have a look at how we use our boat underway and why exposed helm stations work excellently for us. Of course, everyone has their own opinion but this is our two cents worth!