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DanM
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Initially Posted - 07/11/2006 :  08:22:21  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
...arrived from CD and I took it to the marina Saturday to measure where to drill. It is made by Ida Sailor and looks great. We decided on the deluxe model for a few extra bucks. There was no label on it. I'll have to take their word that its the deluxe. We sailed over to Pt. Abino and left the boat on a mooring, so It will be a while 'till I mount it.

UPS brought the tiller cover yesterday. It slides over the tiller handle and then the top of the rudder. That protects the bolt mountings from the elements! I'm disappointed there is no drawstring or other way to secure it. To center the tiller when berthed, we run a line from stantion to stantion with a wrap around the handle, so I hope that will keep it from blowing off.
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djn
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Response Posted - 07/11/2006 :  08:53:28  Show Profile
Hi Dan, What I do is put the cover on and then lift the tiller as high as possible, then swing it all the way to starboard and bungee it to the stern pulpit. I board on the port side of the boat and this way, the tiller is never in the way when boarding or working or hanging in the cockpit. Cheers.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/11/2006 :  10:14:46  Show Profile
I've had the same slip on tiller cover for the past 4 or 5 years and it has never blown off, although sometimes the part covering the top of the rudder has come off. To secure the tiller in the slip, I use a bungee sail tie looped onto the mainsheet.
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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 07/11/2006 :  11:40:10  Show Profile
I run a bungee cord hook through the hasp on the starboard cockpit locker, wrap the (covered) tiller once and run the other bungee end through the port locker hasp. The tiller stays centered, the lockers stay shut and the cover can't blow off.

Steve
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 07/13/2006 :  22:42:19  Show Profile
I lift the tiller and tie it to the mainsheet with a small line; then I coil the mainsheet tail and wrap it at the top with a small loop, which I hook over the tiller. The tied line keeps the coil from sliding down, so the tiller is lifted and centered and the mainsheet is hanging neatly.
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DanM
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Response Posted - 07/14/2006 :  08:20:23  Show Profile  Visit DanM's Homepage
Thanks for the input. Looking around the mooring field, there are many variations to securing the tiller. It might make a difference whether you are on a hook or in a marina slip. There is more flopping around in a mooring field.

I forgot to mention that we lift the tiller with a clove hitch of the mainsheet and hang the coiled mainsheet from the boom, a variation of Dave's, to keep the tiller plates off the stern. But we still use a line from side to side with a loop to keep the tiller centered steadily. I'm guessing that securing the tiller to one side might cause the moored vessel to swing more in the wind and chop. Any evidence of either from your experience?
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