When using the engine there is a lot of torque on the tiller. I suspect a hudraulic wheel system would be much easier to operate.
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:21:29 AM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: j...@dellabarba.com <j...@dellabarba.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: 36' wheel to tiller conversion? I used to sail my 35 with a tiller when it was raining until I got an autopilot. The tiller allowed me to get under the dodger. I cannot see how the rudder stock would be under any more or less strain than with the wheel. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Kent Island MD USA From: jacob fuerst via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2021 3:28 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: jacob fuerst <jjfue...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List 36' wheel to tiller conversion? Hi All, Just thinking through converting my 1978 36 wheel to tiller. It seems very simple. The rudder stock is accessible on the cockpit floor and has a 1 1/4" square head where the emergency tiller goes. Many considerations but my question to you is if the factory floor and head and bearing construction are sufficiently strong to handle the regular forces of tiller steering or only for the forces to be through the quadrant below deck? -- Jacob Fuerst 303-520-4669
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