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Cain Jarvis, we put the 300 horsepower with the DES on 26 foot ribs
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DES is Yamaha's digital electronic steering and put it on a rib boat
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and you can turn the boat 90 degrees at 35 knots with one finger
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Pretty impressive system. So, yeah, a lot of the steering systems, the digital electric
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steering systems are super impressive. Some are better than others. I would say that Mercury and Yamaha have the best
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but that's because they're proprietary. It's not a third party thing. They're specifically designed for their engines
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And yet, like it's on a dime. Like when you, you know, one finger move that thing, there's no resistance
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because your helm is electronic and the actuator on the back is electric
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So, you know, as soon as you turn like it is, it's going to turn
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And so, yeah, it's it's pretty amazing system. I can see where it could be, you know, a problem
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There's been quite a few issues with other steering systems and being electric, you have problems
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If you lose power, you have bad connections. You have fuse problems where, you know, it'll it'll mess up your steering
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and you lose steering. That's a big deal. So whereas, you know, with hydraulic, you can still manually move stuff
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whereas electric, if something happens, man, like that's it. Your steering is gone
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But it is a super impressive system. And to be honest, I don't think there's that many problems
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You know, Evinru with the G2s, they had a lot of problems with their electric
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you know, that whole steering system. But that's a whole nother topic as far as the DES is concerned and Yamaha's
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It's it's outstanding. I don't think they've had that many problems. I mean, you haven't heard too much about any of the XCOs
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having any kind of steering problems or anything like that. So I think the issues are very, very minimal
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when it comes to the new steering systems. Now, if you like this video, you can watch the full episode over here
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or you can watch another clip over here
