Hi Connie, Do you remember how much longer than stock you added to the tiller? Or how long the entire new tiller was? sal In a message dated 10/16/2011 10:44:43 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, chbenneck@sbcglobal.net writes: On 16-Oct-11 12:25 PM, mrh219@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Mike, When we still owned our M15 #400 LEPPO, I sailed mostly by myself. I wanted a tiller extension so that I could sit as far forward in the cockpit as possible to keep the transom from dragging through the water and slowing me down. My first attempt was to use a Forespar adjustable length tiller extender. It worked, but the working angle between the tiller and the tiller extension was wrong. When I sat as far forward as I could, the angle between the Forespar tiller extension and the M15 tiller was about 120 degrees. If you got a sudden gust of wind and needed an instant tiller correction, the 120 angle didn't give you what you needed; i.e., a 90 degree relationship between tiller and tiller extension. To solve that problem I built a new, much longer than stock, tiller and reinstalled the Forespar extension. Now the geometry was correct.
From my forward seating position I now had a 90 degree push-pull relationship between the tiller extension and the tiller.
It worked great. Connie
Group, this is off-topic, but my boat is under shrink wrap for the winter and it's on to jobs I have been putting off. I epoxied an arm on a wooden chair crooked. I understand that heat will soften up the epoxy. Can I soften the epoxy with a heat gun, straighten the arm, and let it cool and harden, or once it has been heated, is the epoxy shot? Thinking about spring, I am looking at tiller extenders. Any recommendations for m-15? Mike m-15 Anne Bonny (all tucked in for a long winters nap) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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On 16-Oct-11 12:47 PM, SALGLESSER@aol.com wrote: Hi Sal, Sorry, don't remember how long I made the new tiller. I just sat where I wanted to sit in the cockpit; extended my arm to where I wanted to hold the tiller; made a measurement; and then built a new tiller. The Forespar tiller extension, allowed me to lean back while sailing and keep good control of the tiller with the tiller extension. I built it to suit myself. Connie
Hi Connie,
Do you remember how much longer than stock you added to the tiller? Or how long the entire new tiller was?
sal
In a message dated 10/16/2011 10:44:43 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, chbenneck@sbcglobal.net writes:
On 16-Oct-11 12:25 PM, mrh219@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi Mike,
When we still owned our M15 #400 LEPPO, I sailed mostly by myself.
I wanted a tiller extension so that I could sit as far forward in the cockpit as possible to keep the transom from dragging through the water and slowing me down.
My first attempt was to use a Forespar adjustable length tiller extender.
It worked, but the working angle between the tiller and the tiller extension was wrong.
When I sat as far forward as I could, the angle between the Forespar tiller extension and the M15 tiller was about 120 degrees.
If you got a sudden gust of wind and needed an instant tiller correction, the 120 angle didn't give you what you needed; i.e., a 90 degree relationship between tiller and tiller extension.
To solve that problem I built a new, much longer than stock, tiller and reinstalled the Forespar extension.
Now the geometry was correct.
From my forward seating position I now had a 90 degree push-pull relationship between the tiller extension and the tiller.
It worked great.
Connie
Group, this is off-topic, but my boat is under shrink wrap for the winter and it's on to jobs I have been putting off. I epoxied an arm on a wooden chair crooked. I understand that heat will soften up the epoxy. Can I soften the epoxy with a heat gun, straighten the arm, and let it cool and harden, or once it has been heated, is the epoxy shot? Thinking about spring, I am looking at tiller extenders. Any recommendations for m-15? Mike m-15 Anne Bonny (all tucked in for a long winters nap) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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