I am a statistic to the dangers of front stick steering. In a old tiny kingfisher bass boat I was cruising full speed when the back of my seat broke!! Only thing I had ahold of was ... you guessed it. The stick steering. As I fell to the floor I pulled the steering into a sharp full speed circle!! Almost killed everyone on the boat before I could crawl back up to kill the engine. No, didn't have a safety kill switch back then.They were notorious for breaking steering cables also which also got me in a bad bind once!!

Dear Alcohol, We had a deal where you would make me funnier, smarter, and a better dancer... I saw the video... We need to talk.