[C38] Tiller?
PAUL NOTTE
panotte at shaw.ca
Mon May 11 14:22:16 EDT 2009
Living in the land of no wind or too much wind can be frustrating ,in Ladysmith harbour there are three 38s, Outrageous and I think the 38 was a Yankee when they had tillers and of course Impulse. For the times we have to motor from one beautiful spot to another I appreciate the wheel and of course our old friend Otto, who steers most of the time. We were at a swap meet on the weekend and saw a folding wheel that looked interesting, for the times we use the cockpit to entertain I remove the wheel to give us more room.
Paul
Impulse-328
----- Original Message -----
From: david at dlrfilms.com
Date: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:48 am
Subject: Re: [C38] Tiller?
To: Rod and Patti Headlee <ja38 at earthlink.net>, Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> This is encouraging to read.
>
> The wheel/high seat is nice when we're under motor in flat
> water, but
> those are just the sort of conditions we try to avoid. When it's
> gentleyou're kind of stuck back there by yourself, and when you
> drive the boat
> hard, it's not the best ergonomics: sitting doesn't give enough
> torque,and standing is feet wet. I end up standing on spoke and
> steering with my
> feet. All in all, I like it better with the windvane engaged and
> sittingforward, or sitting infront of the wheel and steering
> tiller style.
>
> A couple of questions:
>
> *Anyone have an idea where I can find the fitting that will
> connect my
> tiller to my rudder post?
>
> *Where do you have your instruments and motor controls mounted?
> We've got
> our one-lever throttle forward/reverse lever on the pedistal,
> and plotter
> and fishing finder. Mostly that's pretty handy for times when we
> reallyneed them. But of course I end up taking the plotter off
> and setting it on
> a towel on the bench when we're making coastwise runs with the
> windvaneengaged.
>
> > Hi,
> > Joint Adventure is tiller steered. I wouldn't have it
> any other way.
> > After putting 10k miles on her, sailing down to the South
> Pacific, I
> > don't see how you guys can sit back there and use a wheel.
> It's pretty
> > wet all the time at the stern seat and when we take green
> water from
> > large waves, I couldn't imagine having to be there. Our
> monitor steers
> > most of the time but in certain instances I just pop the chain
> off and
> > hand steer. We also store some jerry jugs and various items
> back there,
> > it's kind of no mans land for us.
> >
> > Rod
> > S/V Joint Adventure
> > hull #12
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >>From: david at dlrfilms.com
> >>Sent: May 10, 2009 5:45 PM
> >>To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> >>Subject: [C38] Tiller?
> >>
> >>Hello All!
> >>
> >>
> >>I'd love to reclaim the space taken up by the pedistal and
> jumbo wheel,
> >>plus I use my wind vane a lot, and the whole interface
> is easier to fine
> >>tune and unrig with a tiller.
> >>
> >>Have any of you tried running your boats with a tiller instead
> of a
> >> wheel?
> >>Like it? Hate it?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>-David
> >>
> >>
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