you know what? I have not tried it to make sure it works. the wheel does have to come off according to the directions. thanks for the incite. I will try it when it warms up some. Cheers Curtss
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Marek Dziedzic <[email protected]>wrote: > Curtis, > > Something popped up in my head, when I read your post – about the > emergency tiller. It has nothing to do with your trip; rather, it is quite > generic. > > Just recently I read a thread about emergency steering on Sailboat Owners > forum (Maine Sail, I do follow his musings). > > A big take out point was to try emergency steering when there is no > emergency. Locate your emergency tiller (and make sure that all people on > board who should know about its location, do); install it/attach it (this > may lead to removal of the steering wheel on some boats!); find out if you > can steer the boat with what you have (I have heard of boats, where the > emergency tiller is too short/too long or in such an awkward place that you > have to bend completely out of shape in order to operate it (question > yourself if you can do it for an hour? longer?). All of the above can be > done when in port. The next step is to try some manoeuvring with that > tiller. > > just an idea. > > Marek (in Ottawa) > > ________________________________ > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:16:06 -0500 > From: Curtis <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List Near-shore tide what to expect. "Need some > Guidance" > Message-ID: > <CALf-bNT49mBR1yAKeixMV9GSJp3yOH11kCt=mmtywr86pey...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > What would anybody do? I would first cry out "OH GOD OH GOD" Then I would > calm my self. I have a cable driven edson Wheel. I also have an emergency > fitting in the cockpit floor were a tiller can be attached. I have the > emergency tiller in the forward birth. If I lost the rudder I would "heave > too" and call sea-tow with my GPS location. > If I lost an exhaxh hose I would Shut down the engine turn off the seacock, > Heave too and call sea-tow. > If I Lost power I have a hand held VHF and a cell phone. I would follow a > magnetic course west until I had sight of land then Heave too and fire a > flair or two. > Lets face it 14 miles out or 3 1/2 hours out 3 1/2 hours back and 14 miles > up the river. Almost 48 miles of the trip will be in sight of land.7 > hours off shore. > I have not taken a safety at sea course? But that I would love to find > local if you know of a place in the Savannah -HHI- Beaufort or Charleston > area I would like to take one. For sure. > Thanks Curtis > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- “Sailors, Deb and I*c'était écrit*
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