wheelsman

noun, N. Amer. (Naut.), ‘steersman’ = a person who steers a vessel (COD)

“I was deckhand and wheelsman.”

“There was three deckhands and two watchmen and two wheelsmen, eh, that sailed on the lakes.”

“Yeah, I was wheelsman. They used to call them quartermasters too, but on our boat they didn’t. We just went by wheelsman.”

“There were a skipper, two mates, two wheelsmen … two watchmen, three deckhands. For aft you had two engineers, two oilers, three fireman, two cooks.”