[Rhodes22-list] Tiller Tamer

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

Sorry, had to jump back in one more time. I'm procrastinating (see below my
signature).

The beauty of the rudder lasts for anywhere from a few minutes to a few
hours - but as some point it transitions to what is affectionately known as
the "tyranny of the tiller".

It's at this point that you really want to have something else tending the
tiller - whether a tiller pilot or a sheet to tiller system. If you're on a
relatively small inland lake or river, you need to stay at the tiller. If
you're sailing on bigger water with fairly long distances to your next
waypoint, you'll drive yourself crazy just locking the tiller (or sitting
and babysitting it). 

I'm 210 pounds, and moving around the boat *does* significantly change its
direction. As soon as the boat changes bearing, the set of the sails is all
wrong relative to the wind, and Mother Nature takes over as navigator. It's
anyone's guess where she'll take me (onto that beach, into the trees, onto a
sandbar... ) - but it's rarely where I intended. 

End of procrastination. <sigh>

Dennis
Magic Moments
... off to replace the water pump in a VW TDI. In the snow.



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Sounds like overkill to me... just sail the boat and enjoy it. Thats  .
The beauty of a RUDDER.  Feel the boat.

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