Thanks Gary, You are right not much room for the tiller. However my wheel comes right off after I pull the nut off. slides right off and right back on? Lots of great advise in this thread. I will let everyone know how it goes. I will u-tube it as well. here is one of the times I went offshore with my wife and friend. It was only 4 miles out I could still see land. But it was a bit intimating. All turned out well. I did fight the current back had to use the motor a bit.
Thanks again for all the help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5xy4VI-44 On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Gary Nylander <[email protected]>wrote: > Good luck on getting the wheel off without a wheel puller..... I have > not been successful. My emergency tiller is only about a foot long - the > only thing it would be good for is holding the boat on a course - there is > limited room for the tiller to move - what with the binnacle in the way. > > Curtis, you seem to have thought this out pretty well and with all the > tips you have received off this list, go for it! Let us know how it works > out - having been off shore on a few boats (both coasts) and sailing around > the bay on my 30, you should be in pretty good shape. Particularly for a > day sail in good weather. Many of the commenters haven't been in our > weather patterns - where the forecasts are pretty accurate for days in > advance and we can watch the weather cross the plains until it gets here, > so you can pick your window. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Curtis <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:11 PM > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Near-shore tide what to expect. "Need some > guideance" - now: emergency steering > > 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* > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > -- “Sailors, Deb and I*c'était écrit*
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