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| Author: | Dwysham [ Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | bring tiller bar forward of block |
Has anyone modified the length of the rudder arm to bring the tiller bar just forward of the block assembly? It seems to me this would make coming about so much simpler since you wouldn't have to let go of the tiller. |
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| Author: | srm [ Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bring tiller bar forward of block |
Quote: It seems to me this would make coming about so much simpler since you wouldn't have to let go of the tiller. Not really (unless you aren't planning to use a tiller extension. You will be very limited in the length of the tiller extension you can use if you set up the rudder system this way since you would have to flip the extension in front of yourself when you tack. Plus your mainsheet line will be crossed under your tiller system. I isn't going to work well. You're much better off just figuring out how to tack by flipping the tiller extension behind the boat. It's really not that hard. sm |
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| Author: | Roy [ Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bring tiller bar forward of block |
sometimes I just huck it in the water behind the boat and after I cross over I just pick it up again, Hummm after reading that it kind of sounds lame??? |
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| Author: | DavidBell47 [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bring tiller bar forward of block |
Roy wrote: sometimes I just huck it in the water behind the boat and after I cross over I just pick it up again, Hummm after reading that it kind of sounds lame??? I use to do that when I first started sailing, til one day, the extension got caught under the leeward rudder in the process. Well, it was leeward at the I started the tack.  BTW, I was sailing solo at the time. Never tried that again. 
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| Author: | mmiller [ Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bring tiller bar forward of block |
Dwysham wrote: Has anyone modified the length of the rudder arm to bring the tiller bar just forward of the block assembly? It seems to me this would make coming about so much simpler since you wouldn't have to let go of the tiller. Other than the the problem of the tiller extension swinging through crew sitting on the tramp... The tillers would have to be extended well forward of the blocks. We did that on the early Waves to make sailing easier, without a hiking stick. The tiller crossbar swings closer to the blocks as you turn, so you have to have some room forward of the blocks to enable a full turn. |
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