Outboard tiller extension

[DFL1010]

I think I'm going to wimp out and put an outboard on the punt to save from rowing back from the pub.
I know I can buy one for about thirty quid, or bodge something with a bit of pvc pipe and a few jubilee clips, but has anyone come across a design that doesn't look quite as agricultural as a pipe, whilst also not paying the marine tax?

 

[ianat182]

Try using a Seasure dinghy tiller extension fitting,the one I had for my Wayfarer had a ball secured in a stainless strip as a ball joint, with a threaded end at the ball end , and the strip with small screw holes for the flat ash wooden extension; the fitting allowed the tiller extension to lie flat when not being used ,a rubberband on theo/b handleto secure it. The screw/bolt hole needs to be drilled vertically for it to lay flat.

ianat182

 

[DFL1010]

Did that also allow for using the throttle or was it a set and forget setting?

 

[ianat182]

My use was for a normal sailing dinghy tiller,but the fitting- less the tiller was what I was describing.
I don't know the outboard you have; a Seagull has its throttle separate from the handle , others have tubes and twist grips or a cast aluminum bar or rods. The tube ones could be modified to take a wooden plug inserted , then glued ,leaving sufficient part of the plug for the bolt and nut to be attached - to the wooden plug. This latter method should allow throttle to be used ,but you may need to cut the plastic end to access the tube proper for the plug. and you need to drill the holes vertically for it to be flat when not being used.

ianat182

 

[thinwater]

Find a broken boat hook and cut off what you need. The diameter is often a good match. I've done this several times. Works great, looks like you bought it..

 

[DFL1010]

Find a broken boat hook and cut off what you need. The diameter is often a good match. I've done this several times. Works great, looks like you bought it..

You mean the outer ali tube from something like this?

I guess also the handle part of a two piece dinghy oar would also work along the same lines.

 

[Laysula]

I did something like this for the throttle, but also removed the rigid controls and fitted the cable directly into the carburettor.

 

[ashtead]

It would seem to me the cost of a boat hook is likely to me more than a simple telescopic extension but appreciate the OP might have a stock of old hooks or broken oars. In the med tenders use plastic pipe and gaffer tape .

 

[DFL1010]

It would seem to me the cost of a boat hook is likely to me more than a simple telescopic extension but appreciate the OP might have a stock of old hooks or broken oars. In the med tenders use plastic pipe and gaffer tape .

Yeah that's exactly it. Paying for the custom one just feels wrong to me.
I'm sure that I can lay my hands on half an oar or something. Failing that, it may well be the plastic pipe approach. Pride is a sin and all that...

 

[ashtead]

I’m afraid not having had one before with a new larger outboard I succumbed recently and bought via Amazon but haven’t used as yet.

 

[James_Calvert]

I bought a new one a year or two ago.

The end that fixes to the tiller twist grip is plastic and a bit too flexible for my liking, compared to my old one which is cast alloy there.