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so geoff....WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO INSTALL A TILLER EXTENSION????
Ken Silverman, p-15, "vegan lorax", sailing in the sometimes shoal waters
of lake washington....
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 GSTahoe@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/9/00 9:37:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> wshurr@email.unc.edu writes:
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> << Someone on this list--about a year ago, I think--mentioned a quick fix for
> the tiller-exension problem--a short length of pvc pipe of the right
> interior diameter to slide over the tiller and the right length to stretch
> as far as you want it to, even into the cabin. Seemed like a great
> invention to me. Hope this helps.
> BILL, WWP15 "Bilzbote", central North Carolina
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> Bill,
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> The problem with that, Bill, is that the pipe does not swivel at the
> connection to the tiller handle. If you where in the cabin and you where to
> begin to jibe or got hit with an errant wave and fell off the wind, you
> wouldn't have enough throw to be able to correct your course. If you where
> sitting on the rail in a stiff wind, I doubt you'd even be able to reach your
> tiller extension. It would be in the center of the cockpit. A pipe sliding
> on your tiller handle would make a tiller tamer very difficult to install.
> Why bother with a Mickey Mouse solution for something that can be done
> properly so easily?
>
> Geoff
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> P-15 Lollipop
> Sail (hull?) number: 1961
> N. Lake Tahoe, NV and
> Monterey, CA
>
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