The 35 tiller is not too bad. I used to use it in the rain to steer from under the dodger. It could stand to be a foot longer Joe Coquina Anchored Weems Creek
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Andrew Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > On my way north from Bermuda to Halifax one April with a C&C designed Baltic > 51, our steering cable broke during the second of the three gales we had that > passage. Couldn't fix it so we had to steer using the emergency tiller. As > with our boats, the lever arm was small but we rigged tackles and balanced > the boat out so we could still do one-person watches for three hours each. It > was tedious steering, but we still made it in 6 days. > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > (Currently anchored in Vineyard Haven on our first little cruise) > > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > +401 965-5260 > > On Jul 5, 2013, at 20:53, "Rick Brass" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I can tell you how the tiller attaches on my 38, and I would say the phrase >> "difficult to steer" would be an understatement. >> >> The emergency tiller for my 38 is an aluminum tube bent into roughly the >> shape of a capital L about 4 feet long, with a collar on the end of the >> short leg that has a square hole in it. The centerline of the hole is >> roughly parallel to the long part of the L, and the square hole fits over >> the square lug protruding into the cockpit from the end of the rudder shaft. >> The short leg of the L is sized to fit between the rudder shaft and the >> steering pedestal (works best with the useless wheel removed from the >> pedestal). You then push/pull on the vertical/long leg of the L to steer the >> boat. >> >> Since the lever arm is at best 2 feet long, the steering effort is really >> high. It will work when sailing with the boat pretty well balanced, and >> under power at idle speeds - but I think the prop wash at higher engine >> speeds will just overwhelm the steering. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> >> Rick Brass >> Washington, NC >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian >> Morrison >> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 6:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Stus-List Emergency Tiller for C&C 34 >> >> I tried to connect my emergency tiller yesterday. I have the piece that >> attaches to the rudder. But there seems to be another piece that attaches to >> that. Does anyone know how the emergency tiller works? Is there in fact >> another piece? If so does anyone know where I can get it? If not how does >> the one piece work? It was very difficult to steer the boat. >> >> Brian C. Morrison >> Rekofa >> 1979 C&C 34 >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
