On 5/17/2016 6:48 PM, Jazzy wrote: Hi Jazzy, In our M15, I sailed alone frequently, so I wanted to sit as far forward in the cockpit as possible, for better boat trim. I had a FORESPAR tiller extension, but when I sat all the way forward in the cockpit, the tiller extension was at about a 45 degree angle to the tiller. If you are hard on the wind, this give you a poor force input to the tiller. What you want is a 90 degree relationship from the end of the tiller to your hand. My solution was to build a longer tiller that allowed the FORESPAR Tiller extension to then work at 90 degrees to the tiller . This worked very well, ..... but, ..... when my wife or grandchildren were on board the tiller was too long, and was awkward. My next idea, that I never carried out; would have been a two part tiller: the original length; and with the addition, the longer length. I was going to make a fiberglass socket on the end of the tiller so that the two parts fitted together with no play; giving me the best of both worlds. The normal, original length for when more people were on board; and the long tiller so that I could sit all the way forward in the cockpit when sailing by myself. A pin through the fiberglass into the original tiller would have prevented any disconnection of the two pieces. In both tiller lengths the FORESPAR Tiller Extension could have been used. Ciao, Connie ex M15 #400 LEPPO
Hi guys, let's hear about your tiller extensions. How long does it have to be to stand in companionway? Whaddya got? What's good, what's bad?
Jazzy