EXCELLENT!!!!

A Real Vessel!!!

West Marine has a Tiller Clutch.

Adjustable Shock cords with small blocks to the tiller.

Use Jam or Clam cleats.....

Is your vessel a double ender like mine?

CM

wrote in message
ups.com...
Its a 32' full keeler. It has a transom hung rudder that is the full
depth of the keel.

Have mercy on poor Errol You'll have him sailing
backwards like you do in Overproof! Well, even
that would be ok if you did it on purpose...

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
EXCELLENT!!!!

A Real Vessel!!!

West Marine has a Tiller Clutch.

Adjustable Shock cords with small blocks to the tiller.

Use Jam or Clam cleats.....

Is your vessel a double ender like mine?

CM

wrote

Its a 32' full keeler. It has a transom hung rudder that is the full
depth of the keel.

No its a traditional sloping square transom.

get an Autopilot and be done with it.


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

Is West Marine in Australia? I looked for it but cant find it listed.

No..... it isn't but I'm certain you must have a store like it. I got mine
from the local chandlery here in Canada.... but to tell the truth... I agree
with Bart on the Tiller Tamer..... use adjustable shock cords and cam
cleats. I've replaced mine 3 times due to the breakage he mentioned.

CM

wrote in message
oups.com...
Is West Marine in Australia? I looked for it but cant find it listed.

It is a shame. Good idea, crap materials. Also I found
it very slow to free when I needed the tiller free. That
could be dangerous.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
No..... it isn't but I'm certain you must have a store like it. I got
mine
from the local chandlery here in Canada.... but to tell the truth... I
agree
with Bart on the Tiller Tamer..... use adjustable shock cords and cam
cleats. I've replaced mine 3 times due to the breakage he mentioned.

CM

When I had a tiller pilot, sometimes I'd turn it off, to save the
battery, but still use it to hold the tiller to a set position.
Basically you had a hole in the tiller that a pin dropped into,
was very quick to pull out. I suppose you could make something
similar using an adjustable telescoping pole.

SBV



"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
It is a shame. Good idea, crap materials. Also I found
it very slow to free when I needed the tiller free. That
could be dangerous.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
No..... it isn't but I'm certain you must have a store like
it. I got
mine
from the local chandlery here in Canada.... but to tell the
truth... I
agree
with Bart on the Tiller Tamer..... use adjustable shock
cords and cam
cleats. I've replaced mine 3 times due to the breakage he
mentioned.

CM

Yeah Scotty.... but the basic idea of the tiller tamer is a good one. It
needs to be re-engineered and made out of stainless steel with a quick
release lever as well as a more functional clutch assembly. I might try to
build one this winter in my machine shop. I have the tools and raw metal
stockpiled. Turn some pieces on the metal lathe.... etc.

CM

"Scotty" wrote in message
When I had a tiller pilot, sometimes I'd turn it off, to save the
battery, but still use it to hold the tiller to a set position.
Basically you had a hole in the tiller that a pin dropped into,
was very quick to pull out. I suppose you could make something
similar using an adjustable telescoping pole.

SBV



"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message
...
It is a shame. Good idea, crap materials. Also I found
it very slow to free when I needed the tiller free. That
could be dangerous.

"Capt.Mooron" wrote
No..... it isn't but I'm certain you must have a store like
it. I got
mine
from the local chandlery here in Canada.... but to tell the
truth... I
agree
with Bart on the Tiller Tamer..... use adjustable shock
cords and cam
cleats. I've replaced mine 3 times due to the breakage he
mentioned.

CM

CM

Do you have any plans? Can you send me a drawing as I might have a go
at building one myself. I have just about every type of woodworking
machine there is but not a lot in the way of metal working equipment.

Errol