Reverse Tiller pilot

[ducked]

Hi Colhel
That is a really beefy rudder post fitting.
Looks great.

But also looks to be a non-trivial fabrication, assuming thats not the original fitting.

Lashing a rearward tiller extension on top of or alongside the original tiller should be fairly easy, but then you wouldn't be able to lift the tiller out of the way.

 

[thinwater]

But also looks to be a non-trivial fabrication, assuming thats not the original fitting.

Lashing a rearward tiller extension on top of or alongside the original tiller should be fairly easy, but then you wouldn't be able to lift the tiller out of the way.

Yeah, but not over the heads of some.

Was it cast? My impression is no, that it is welded from 4 pieces plus a clamping bit (plus a lot of finish grinding). It may have even been welded onto the existing bracket.

But yes, a clever fabrication.

 

[PabloPicasso]

I did this when we had our leisure 23 as the tiller took up quite a lot of room in the cockpit. The only picture I can now find is a screenshot from a video
Edit: here's the old thread. Unfortunately the pics have gone

My putting Tiller pilot behind tiller plan has been tested

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I see that, as with a lot of good ideas, someone has already gone and done it .

Made a very goos job of it too.