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Default Self steering, set helm

Taddy,
I can't even get to the photo ~ says I'm not authorized.
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Scout
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"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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The navigator© wrote:

More seriously, I don't think that's a good way to rig a safety line.

Cheers MC


Perhaps I should have posed the photo. The photo does look a bit
like there's one super long line (long enough to waterski with!)
but that's optical illusion: there is a spare tether attahced to
the rudder-post beam which appears to be a continuation of the
tether I'm wearing but isn't. The tether I'm wearing is attached
to a strong point about 6inchs abaft an a foot below the turning
block in the foreground. Tether lengths are only 1.5m. The
strong point is a 1" ply hull/deck plate anchoring a U-bolt with
giant washers and a spreader plate.

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