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Trust Me
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Initially Posted - 09/22/2006 :  14:21:42  Show Profile
Did a solo late sail last night under light and variable winds so it seemed like ghosting along with only a tiller tamer needed as my control so I could mess around on the boat. I started looking around for more involved applications for small boats like ours and found this site that was something else.

http://www.solopublications.com/sailariq.htm#main

Are there any other systems ( a little less complicated than the one above) that anyone likes for solo sailors?
Capt. Ron
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/22/2006 :  14:27:48  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
Sometimes it is good to simply buy what you want, an auto pilot.
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86Cat25
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Response Posted - 09/22/2006 :  15:45:44  Show Profile
I solo all the time and i just use my foot on the tiller and my hands for whatever else im doing. The system in that link looks way to complex to be worth the trouble. I recomend some yoga classes and foot to tiller steering.
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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 09/23/2006 :  00:16:37  Show Profile
For long passages the sheet to tiller looks good, no power use and adjusts to the wind but for day use and safety I use the autohelm. It would take a lot of fiddling to get the system fine tuned.
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djn
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Response Posted - 09/23/2006 :  08:00:36  Show Profile
I have all the parts needed to rig this if I had to. It seems like a great back up system if your primary autohelm went down. Cheers.
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John P
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Response Posted - 09/23/2006 :  09:54:42  Show Profile  Visit John P's Homepage
I have a much simpler veresion of the main to tiller setup. I have to really test it, but hope to before the season ends. In the past, I have just used either flex cord to keep the till amidships, or a continuous line that runs from windward to leeward stantion on blocks, wraps around the tiller.

My sailing does not really warrant a self steeing setup, as I sail on a lake and you are not on the same tack for more than 10 minutes at a time.
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tinob
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Response Posted - 09/23/2006 :  10:34:27  Show Profile
BUT WHERE IS THERE ROOM FOR THE PILOT AND CREW? Looks a schematic for a Spiderman film. I'll use my autohelm till the batteries die.
Val on Calista # 3936, Patchogue, N.Y.
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Turk
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Response Posted - 09/23/2006 :  17:05:32  Show Profile  Visit Turk'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 fhopper@mac.com</i>
<br />Sometimes it is good to simply buy what you want, an auto pilot.
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I Agree!
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