[Rhodes22-list] Tiller Tamer

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Im 205...and usually find myself on a fairly long tack along Long Islands
Great South Bay..sitting on the port rail and wondering how long I can hold
this course before it gets too crazy!
On Nov 15, 2014 2:13 PM, "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 1:40 PM
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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.
>
> <snipped>
>
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