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Derek Crawford
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Initially Posted - 06/17/2012 :  09:41:46  Show Profile
I brought the tiller home last week, cut off 4", sanded it all down and applied 5 coats of polyurethane - looks great!
That's a total of 10" cut off since I got it originally. There is no difference in handling even in strong wind and the genoa trimmers no longer go home with bruised glutei!
Derek Crawford
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1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 06/17/2012 :  20:37:51  Show Profile
I was thinking about cutting my tiller off Friday night. Since it's started to delaminate I was holding much closer to the tiller than normal not wanting to add any undue stress to it until I can get laminations reglued/epoxied. It didn't seem to make steering the boat that much harder and would definitely make more room in the cockpit AND make it much easier to reglue the areas that are coming delaminated.

What brand of polyurethane did you use?
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/18/2012 :  04:26:19  Show Profile
I think it was Hellman's, Gary. It was semi-gloss. I used gloss last time but,unfortunately, the can had solidified.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 06/22/2012 :  16:27:10  Show Profile
"...Hellman's..." I didn't know mayo worked on tillers! LOL Helmsman's, maybe?
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 06/22/2012 :  16:58:44  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Almost completely OT, but years & years ago, I was in the USN stationed on Terciera in the Azores. I was sort of dating this girl from Vermont. We were in the common area kitchen making some sandwiches for a hiking trip we were going on that day. She was humming & softly singing the jingle "Bring out the Hellman's and bring out the best" which to my west coast brain should have been "Bring out the <i>Best Foods</i> and bring out the best". We must have argued about who was right for a day (no internet in those days for instant argument settling). We finally figured out both of us were "right". Technically I guess she was "righter" since we had been using a jar of Hellman's and not Best Food's mayonnaise, but I'd never heard of Hellman's and neither of us had any idea that the brand names were different in other places.

And yes, he probably meant "Helmsman"...
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/23/2012 :  08:02:44  Show Profile
Yup, definitely had a brain fart there!
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 06/26/2012 :  07:52:33  Show Profile
Derek, do you have a balanced rudder?
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 06/26/2012 :  20:06:28  Show Profile
Yes I do Seth. I got very tired of the severe weather helm with the original one in anything above 10k (the tiller doesn't fit well under your chin!). Once I put the balanced one on it was like adding power steering!
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