Does anyone know a supplier of tiller hoods like this ?

[Vamoose]

I have searched the web but cant find a supplier for a Tiller Hood like the one shown in the attached link. I think a firm in the Portsmouth area used to sell them. This one is aluminium but a s/s one would be my preferred choice.

Thanks




https://picasaweb.google.com/106478598207435055555/TillerHood?authkey=Gv1sRgCK7R8cKbrt3fzgE&noredirect=1

 

[pvb]

Can't see a direct match, but you might take a look at the stainless one as used on Westerly boats - http://www.westerly-yachts.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=191 If it's the wrong size, I guess any S/S shop could fabricate one easily.

 

[Vamoose]

Thanks I did see that one and I THINK they were the people who had a direct replacement for mine in SS . I did try to call them but they are closed till the end of Jan.

I could get one made up but because its a "one of" the cost is horrendous.

But thanks for your input.

 

[alahol2]

I suspect these are the people that make the Westerly ones... http://www.solentwelding.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2885032
Drop in with yours and see what they quote, I was pleasantly surprised when I was getting some fabrication priced up.

 

[pvb]

Thanks I did see that one and I THINK they were the people who had a direct replacement for mine in SS . I did try to call them but they are closed till the end of Jan.

I could get one made up but because its a "one of" the cost is horrendous.

But thanks for your input.

Maybe worth trying Solent Welding, who make the Westerly one - http://www.solentwelding.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2885032

 

[pvb]

Snap!

 

[john_morris_uk]

I wouldn't worry about it being a one off. Shop around the s/s fabricators and you might be pleasantly surprised. We've had loads of things made for the boat and I can be remarkably tight with money and boat fitting out. (We still don't have a chart plotter!!)

 

[Iain C]

I might have a spare one from my flying fifteen restoration. What's the thickness/gauge of the material?

 

[Searush]

I made a new bow roller for my first boat after storm damage. I cadged some suitable plate from a skip at a ss fabricator, made up a cardboard template & used it to cut out the plate to shape & size. I then went back to the fabricator with my cardboard model & shaped plates & they welded them up for me for a few quid in the tea club.

 

[William_H]

If all else fails my tiller is made up of 2 pieces of wood. One bolted each side of the rudder head. The peices of wood then bend towards one another to become one near the front end. Seems perfectly satisfactory to me (still testing after 35years) and no expensive hood. good luck olewill