Volvo Penta Launches Joystick Driving

Just when you thought Volvo Penta's joystick couldn't get any better, the company launches Joystick Driving, which allows you to shift, control the throttle and steer at speed all from your helm seat. Does this spell the end of the steering wheel and throttles as we know it?

Just when you thought Volvo Penta’s joystick couldn’t get any better, the company launches Joystick Driving, which allows you to shift, control the throttle and steer at speed all from your helm seat. Does this spell the end of the steering wheel and throttles as we know it?

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Daniel Harding

Editor-in-Chief of Power & Motoryacht
One of the lucky ones who was born into boating, Dan grew up cruising aboard his family’s 33 Egg Harbor. Marinas and boatyards served as summer school and the foundation for a career on the water. When not chasing stories for Power & Motoryacht magazine he can be found cruising Long Island Sound with his wife, sons, and faithful (furry) first mate Salty.

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A vintage-style illustration split into two contrasting scenes. On the left, a teenage boy looks down into a tiny, open 13-foot wooden motorboat filled with supplies. On the right, a massive steel-hulled naval warship cruises past under a dramatic sky.

A Boy and a Boat

In 1957, teenager Tom Ireland set out on a 1,500-mile journey from Long Island to Miami aboard a 13-foot Speedliner with a 25-hp outboard. What happened next even Mark Twain couldn’t make up.

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