It's currently chain and cable not hydraulic but I definitely feel the wheel load up in reverse and if you're not careful could whip a tiller over
Jacob Fuerst 303-520-4669 On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 9:41 AM Korbey Hunt via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:21:29 AM > *To:* 'Stus-List' <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 11, 2021 3:28 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* jacob fuerst <[email protected]> > *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* > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
