Tiller

Tillers on outboard motors often employ an additional control mechanism where twisting of the shaft is used to vary speed.

Sailing students often learn the alliterative phrase "Tiller Towards Trouble" to remind them of how to steer.

[citation needed] Some outboard motors may instead have the tiller directly attached and offer controls for engine throttle and prop rotation for forward and reverse.

The opposite convention applied in France (where tribord—starboard—meant turn to starboard), but Austria and Italy kept to the English system.

[7] When large steamships appeared in the late 19th century with telemotors hydraulically connecting the wheel on the bridge to the steering gear at the stern, the practice continued.

Tiller Orders remained however; although many maritime nations had abandoned the convention by the end of the 19th century, Britain retained it until 1933[10] and the U.S. merchant marine until 1935.

It took two minutes to recognise and correct the error, by which time it was too late to avoid collision with the iceberg.

[14][15] Although this system seems confusing and contradictory today, to generations of sailors trained on sailing vessels with tiller steering it seemed perfectly logical and was understood by all seafarers.

Only when new generations of sailors trained on ships with wheel-and-tiller steering came into the industry was the system replaced.

Arthur Constantin Krebs replaced the tiller with an inclined steering wheel for the Panhard & Levassor car he designed for the Paris-Amsterdam race which ran from 7–13 July 1898.

This usually takes the form of a small steering wheel or lever in the cockpit, often one for the pilot and one for the co-pilot.