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AADIVER
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Initially Posted - 08/08/2006 :  13:50:02  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
My sailing buds were giving me a ration about using a length of PVC for a tiller extender; naughty and not nautical. So here's a legitimate, dual purpose extender which accomplishes the same thing. I can solo with it extended and/or control from the cat bird seats.
Frank Farmer
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AADIVER
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Response Posted - 08/08/2006 :  16:26:41  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
P.S.: the extender is inserted through a ss eye bolt forward of the control pin insertion hole. This holds the extender rigid and in line with the tiller. To remove it, unpin and slide out through the bolt, re-insert control pin to use from the aft seats. Requires two holes to be drilled in the tiller.
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AADIVER
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Response Posted - 08/08/2006 :  21:29:48  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
Here's the "original":
Edited by - AADIVER on 08/08/2006 21:32:18
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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 08/09/2006 :  08:20:14  Show Profile  Visit aeckhart's Homepage
Very nice. Best of all you can use the "extender" as a "hiking stick" .
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 08/10/2006 :  10:17:10  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FARMHAND</i>
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Yes Frank that was ghetto!
Why are you so concerned with sitting forward? You could easily reroute the mainsheet with a headknocker at the end of the boom.
[url="http://www.harkenstore.com/uniface.urd/scpdinw1.ShowProd?B4RPMEB9Y9AN78"]Harken headknocker[/url]
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AADIVER
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Response Posted - 08/10/2006 :  16:00:31  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
"...ghetto!"? No comprende.

No idea what a "headknocker" is. By extending the tiller forward with a bungee control, it allows me to access both the jib sheets and the mainsheet. This mod is strictly for single handing.
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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 08/10/2006 :  19:17:53  Show Profile
Frank,
I like your new setup.
fhopper is teasing you (like your sailing buds) about your low cost design.
I agree with you, single handing on a C250 is harder because the jib sheet winches are on the cabin top.
Since I have a wheel, I'm considering adding extra winches for single handing.
That will be in a few years though.
Russ (#793)
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mday
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Response Posted - 08/18/2006 :  16:16:22  Show Profile

Russ,

I have a wheel. When single handing, I usually sit in front of the wheel rather than on the helm seat behind the wheel. I haven't found this takes much of an adjustment steering the boat under sail and allows an easy reach to of all the sheets with the winches still on the cabin top. Give it a try .... it's actually a rather comfortable position ... stretch out your feet ... grab a beverage .... enjoy a quiet day sailing without any "interference" from the admiral.

Max
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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 08/18/2006 :  17:30:32  Show Profile
Thanks Max,
I'll give that a try.
Russ
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