[Rhodes22-list] ST 1000 tiller pilot mounting question

[Peter Nyberg]

6” may be the longest extension piece available, but you can combine extensions to get more reach.  I believe I used a 5” and a 3” for a total of 8” of extension.  I can check the next time I’m on the boat, but I’m not sure when that will be.

I’m so dependent on my tiller pilot that I have a second as a spare.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)


> On Jun 16, 2017, at 11:21 AM, thebooker <bridges.brooks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've installed the tiller pilot in the same location as other installations
> I've seen on the list - a few inches inboard from the port stern cleat -
> about as far inboard as I could go.
> 
> I've got the 6" extension which I thought was the max.
> 
> Absolutely love it!  You can't imagine the freedom it gives a single hander.
> I'm calling mine "Sally" and she steers far more consistently than I do. And
> she doesn't complain about sitting out in the sun while I'm in shade under
> bimini.
> 
> But, mounting really needs to be 3" or 4" more inboard to move tiller
> equally in both directions. Right now it occasionally runs out of travel
> attempting to turn boat to stbd.
> 
> As at least two others seem to have mounted theirs as I have,  I'm puzzled
> as to why no one has said they had this problem.
> 
> I have the adapter which will allow mounting  on a near vertical surface but
> before I do that, wanted to check in with other users.
> 
> Brooks Bridges
> "Changes"
> 
> 
> 
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