[Rhodes22-list] Tiller clutch

[Michael McKay]

Yes—it’s click on and click off.  Very precise and easy.  

Michael McKay
(630) 209-2054 (m)

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> On Aug 5, 2021, at 4:48 PM, Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
> 
> Mike , can it be turned off?
> Graham
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Aug 5, 2021, at 4:36 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> 
>> Yes, this is the one I don't like.  You have to always grab the release
>> handle to move the tiller.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Rick Lange
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 4:27 PM Michael McKay <mm.bizlist1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Having used both, I find the “Tiller Clutch” from Wavefront Marine
>>> https://www.wavefrontmarine.com/ is vastly superior to the “Tiller
>>> Tamer”.
>>> 
>>> Michael McKay
>>> (630) 209-2054 (m)
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 5, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I've been on a boat with what seems to be the same item portrayed
>>> earlier
>>>> on this thread.  It is not actually a clutch but a brake released by
>>>> squeezing the handle.
>>>> 
>>>> A real clutch is called a Tiller Tamer.  A knob on the bottom is used to
>>>> adjust tension on the holding line making it much more useful.  That's
>>> what
>>>> I have.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Rick Lange
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 9:48 AM Graham Parker <gramille at tds.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am tempted to put the tiller clutch on my boat but I am not sure about
>>>>> the wisdom of screwing into my fiberglass tiller. Has anyone else done
>>> this?
>>>>> Graham
>>>>> sv 00Sailin
>>> 
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