Boat steering mechanism

Claim 1

IN A CRAFT OF THE TYPE HAVING A PIVOTABLE RUDDER MOUNT AND A TENSION CABLE TYPE STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING A CONTROL MEMBER MOVABLE IN EITHER OF TWO DIRECTIONS AND TWO CABLES CONNECTED THERETO SO THAT EACH CABLE IS TENSIONED IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF THE CONTROL MEMBER IN ONE OF SAID DIRECTIONS, A REMOTELY CONTROLLED RUDDER MOUNT TURNING AND HOLDING DEVICE COMPRISING A BASE FOR FIXED ATTACHMENT TO THE CRAFT, A CABLE DRUM, SAID TWO CABLES BEING OPPOSITELY WOUND ON THE CABLE DRUM, MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID DRUM ON SAID BASE, AN ECCENTRIC MEMBER ROTATABLE WITH SAID DRUM AND HAVING A CIRCULAR PERIPHERY WHOSE CENTER IS OFFSET FROM ITS AXIS OF ROTATION, AN ORBIT GEAR SURROUNDING SAID ECCENTRIC MEMBER AND HAVING EXTERNAL TEETH, MEANS FOR PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID ORBIT GEAR WHILE ACCOMMODATING ORBITAL MOVEMENT THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID ECCENTRIC MEMBER, AN ARM MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR PIVOTAL MOTION ABOUT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID DRUM AND ECCENTRIC MEMBER, INTERNAL GEAR TEETH ON SAID ARM ENGAGING THE TEETH ON SAID ORBIT GEAR, THE PITCH DIAMETER OF SAID INTERNAL GEAR TEETH ON THE ARM EXCEEDING THE PITCH DIAMETER OF THE EXTERNAL TEETH ON SAID ORBIT GEAR, AND LINK MENS CONNECTED TO THE ARM OF SAID DEVICE AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO THE RUDDER MOUNT OF THE CRAFT.