When the clamp is tightened I don't have a problem - it's only when the tension clamp is loosened that the line sometimes pops out. I sail mostly with the tension loose, tightening it down only occasionally, when doing something that takes me away from the helm. BTW, I use the clam on the transom as a backup for the rudder cleat to hold the rudder up when moving on the trailer. It's come loose a couple of times, leading at best to sanding a flat spot on the back of the rudder from trailing on the asphalt, and at worst to (when backing up), popping the whole rudder off the transom with near-disastrous results. Rick On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Tom Jenkins <tjenk@gte.net> wrote:
Rick, Interesting. My TT has never been used, so I took the 1/4" braided rope out and screwed the clamp down all the way. The clearance closed is only 1/8", so it would take a lot of wear on the rope or the clamp jaws to let it slip. If hard plastic has worn that much, you must be doing a whole lot of short-tacking per trip with a fair amount of friction dialed in. Could something be stopping the clamp from tightening all the way?
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Davies" <jdavies104@gmail.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:39 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: tiller accessory
Chad,
I also have a tiller tamer on my M17 set up the same way, using the stern cleats. The cleating setup works fine, but recently I have had an occasional problem with the line slipping out of the side under load. It's only a year or so old, so hope it's not wearing out already. Have you had any problems like this?
Thanks,
Rick M-17 #633 Lynne L
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Chad Parrish <cparrish@fafnirnet.net
wrote:
Hi Tom,
I have a tiller tamer on my M17 and used the stern side cleats for it and it has worked really well. I can snap a couple of pictures this weekend if you would like to see how I have it set up.
--Chad
On Aug 14, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Tom Jenkins wrote:
Kind folks,
I have a Tiller-Tamer sitting around that I thought might work for my 17 with an IdaSailor rudder. I don't want to mount new cleats, so I would like to use the side stern cleats for the T-T line. The geometry does not meet the specs in the mounting instructions (it would have to be too far forward to make a right angle), but I am wondering if one of you has mounted one further back with success. If so, how far is the T-T sheave center from the pivot point on the rudder?
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