What is This?

[Gludy]

It came with my boat - made of nice heavy duty stainless steel.

I have asked everyone what it is? what does it fo? To date have drawn a blank so I throw it open to the brains trust

Would appreciate anyone telling me what it does.

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A baffled
Paul



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[lanason]

How long is it ??



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[Gludy]

About a metre or so.

Paul

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[kindredspirit]

Did it come "with the boat"? or was it just "on the boat"?

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[jhr]

Hmm. Presumably Fairline don't know or won't tell you?

I'd have said that it's something like an emergency tiller or bilge pump handle, but I'm speculating madly.

Or p'raps it's a piece of equipment for covertly converting a shaft drive boat to waterjets? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Gludy]

It was still in it polythene wrapper in the crew quarters and had never been used - so it was with the boat but could have been supplied with it when new - I do not know.
Cheers
Paul

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[lanason]

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[Gludy]

I could not get the image tag to work either!

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[lanason]

There was me trying to be a smart arse /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[Gludy]

It had the number 068 on it - I took photos last weekend and will try Fairline tommorrow - just though that someone might know.

It must fit into something as it has a spigot on it and a hole.

Paul

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[tcm]

It's an emergency tiller. Scuffle around near the rudders and you will find somewhere to fit it. You should also find something about it in the manual. If the steering fails you lash the rudders in an ahead position which will let you get home.

erm, you should know this sort of fing already, really, and definitely others who are supposedly more expert should have recognised it too, imho. praps a good idea if you practise what happens with a busted boat, how to use spares, one engine fails, MOB (eg yourself) and so on, praps?

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[Gludy]

Well it was at the back of the boat in the crew cabin - the nearest to the steering gear - I shall poke around this weekend. Thank you.



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[kindredspirit]

You're probably right but it has a round hole whereas every emergency tiller I've seen (that's only a couple) has had a square hole !

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[Dave1258]

Well if Fairline don't know what it is, I suggest you sharpen one end and make a nice looking Beach Spike out of it! /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[jfm]

Yup as tcm says it is emergency tiller. We have one exactly the same on ours. There is probly a round hole that fits over the rudder stock, then the spigot or pin fits into a recess or similar in the casting of the tiller arm about an inch away. The two loops are for lashing it amidships or for rigging lines to pull it left and right (if both motors ok you would lash it amidships). It should be stored in clips in the compartment right aft that houses the steering gear

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[Gludy]

So its purpose is to just hold the rudders allowing you to steer with the engines?

It was under the bunk in the crew cabin right next to the steering gear, albeit a panel in the way. So its location makes sense.

Thank you for solving the mystery.



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[tcm]

yes, exactly so - there'll be a position where you can use that to lash both rudders ahead, and steer with engines. Otherwise if steering is busted the rudders might be all over the place.

Incidentally, the time when this might really be needed is if something happens as a truly gigantic lump of rope gets round the prop, say, which gets mangled and in turn whacks the rudders. Then you have no steering and only one engine. Now, what with you being fairly quite more experienced these days, and esp being in bristol channel, you might easily have enuf miles for an rya course which teaches you how to handle this, like the yachtmaster thingy i did recently.

It's worth doing the theory first (check out cmonline.co.uk) anyway, then check out some local trng schools, or praps see if there is a local Wise Sage fairline-wise. Or, i went to gib with suncoast, though this would be less boat-specific.

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[jfm]

Well it's multi purpose. If steering failed, say due to hydraulic failure (which is quite possible), you would lash it amidships to stop rudders flapping about and steer by engines/bowthrust....and in your case sternthruster. But in more extreme case, say busted steering and one busted engine, you could actually steer using it as a tiller, with a crew member in the crew cabin to whom you shout left/right. On your boat, even with one busted engine, it might be better to lash it at a position that makes the boat drive nearly straight ahead, then you could tweak-steer using your many thrusters.

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[tcm]

Re: how to do it.

with one busted engine and busted steering, the aim would be to lash the rudders when set all the way towards the remaining functioning engine. You use reverse to kick the bow around in the direction that the busted engine would otherwise take you, and moor alongside with busted engine on inside. Try it!

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[hlb]

Re: how to do it.

I ad one of them steery thingies. Bot it went all rusty and filled the lumper holes with crap. So I wizzed it over the side as a danger to the boats safety!

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