[Rhodes22-list] Tiller Cover

[L. Sailor]

Dave & Mark,

Sunbrella (the real stuff) is not dificult to sew on a
home machine. I have done it many times, as have many
of my friends. One thing that needs to be considered,
however, is the thread; an acrilan thread (not nylon
or cotton , which deteriorate ) is important.  (Don't
rmember if Polyester will work; maybe so...that stuff
is indestructible. How many of you guys still have
your leisure suits from the '70's??   ;^)

Potomac Sailmakers in the industrial park on Gen.
Washington Blvd would be a good source for finding the
thread. He can point you in the right direction. I
think that is off Braddock Road; I just cannot
remember the exact area. It is on the map.

If you just cut a narrow, blunt-arrow-shaped piece of
fabric,(make a pattern!) and use grommets and small
stuff, you can fashion a custom  cover that will allow
you to add a remote control or Tiller Tamer or
whatever...just relace the grommets with a longer
piece of line.

elle



--- mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

> Thank you, Dave, for your extremely helpful email
> ...
>  
> - Mark 
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DCLewis1 at aol.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 5:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tiller Cover
> 
> 
> 
> Mark,
>  
> Your Email re tiller covers touched a chord, we have
> gone down that route  
> and had winch covers made and a tiller cover made. 
> We thought of sewing  our 
> own, but some of the comments on the web made me
> think that sewing Sunbrella  
> might be a good way to break your sewing machine - I
> gather some people have  
> found it's tough stuff to sew.   Instead, it
> didn’t occur to me to get  the 
> wisdom of the board when we embarked, so I went to
> Defender.com, they have a  
> canvas production capability, and it worked for us. 
> As I recall, I also  looked 
> 
> at West Marine and decided not to go that route; I
> forget why, probably  cost.
>  
> Ed says the tiller cover is no problem, that may not
> be the case.  If  you 
> have a remote OB assembly mounted on the tiller, you
> will need an  unusually 
> deep tiller cover, at least at the end, to
> accommodate the remote  assembly if 
> you want to cover that assembly.  Also, his friend
> may, or may  not have a 
> tiller lock assembly at the front of the tiller,
> which will require  a deeper 
> tiller cover.  If you don’t have the tiller holder
> or  the remote assembly on 
> the 
> tiller, life is simple.  I recommend you measure 
> the length, height and depth 
> of your tiller (with appendages) and  get in touch
> with Elle’s or Ed’s 
> source, or Email Defender. 
>  
> In dealing with Defender I noted they have stock
> sizes in their catalog,  but 
> I sent them an Email inquiry/order and included
> explicit dimensions - which  
> were nonstandard because of the remote assembly. 
> Their canvas shop called  me 
> to confirm, and what we got was made to our explicit
> dimension (I think, it  
> fits - it could fit better, but I think the error is
> mine, not theirs).   I’m 
> not pushing Defender, I’m sure Elle or Eds source
> will do a good job also,  
> and they might be faster.   As I recall, it took a
> while for Defender  to 
> deliver, maybe 3 to 4 weeks, it was not quick.
>  
> One thing I did note, however, that I wish were done
> differently.  The  
> tiller cover we have is  basically sown as a tube
> with a drawstring at  it’s 
> base.  
> It would be much better, from my perspective, if the
> long seam  down the 
> tiller cover were left open and several grommets
> with a draw string  were used 
> to 
> cinch down the cover.  This latter approach would
> let you  accommodate the 
> varying effective diameter of the tiller cover
> needed as you  move down the R22 
> tiller.  Thus it would accommodate the bulge on the
> front  of the tiller from 
> the Forepeak tiller holder, and the bulge at the
> back from  the remote.  
> Grommets and a draw string might be more flexible.
>  
> Also, you realize use of the tiller cover is going
> to preclude locking down  
> the tiller with the Forepeak tiller holder (if you
> have one)?  You’ll have  to 
> rope the tiller to secure it.
>  
> Dave
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