Tiller Tamer

[Potcake boy]

Paul,

I sail out of Peace River.  Boat is on trailer just now, but as weather warms I'll launch her and be ready for some harbor cruising.  Perhaps we could hook up in Pelican Bay sometime, though it would have to be during the week as I work weekends.

Ron

[gmerrill]

I GOT ONE RECENTLY VERY EASY TO INSTALL AND SEEMS TO WORK QUITE WELL.  I WOULDN'T DEPEND ON IT IN HIGH WINDS BUT JUST A NICE DAY I THINK IT WORKS JUST FINE.  I ALSO TRIED THE CAJUN TILLER TAMER WHICH IS A ROPE LOOP AROUND YOUR TILLER AND IT WORKS BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THE TILLER TAMER .

[Craig Weis]

The 'other' tiller minder. A cockpit socket on port and starboard sides. Leaves room for sitting along side the tiller.

Remember control key held down and + key tapped makes the image larger to view. Control down and - key tapped puts it back the way it was.

I cannot figure out how to enlarge this picture...sorry.

skip.

[hockeyfool]

I had a tiller tamer and upgraded my line to dyneena braid - a racing specific nearly zero stretch line , Stronger than steel
per pound  and it held MY CATALINA 22 swingkeel  helm  more than double the holding power of the suppliedstock line.
So - when needed  I could change sails,  hit the  john ( head ) , change cd's in the stereo, and take down the mainsail before docking.
However - I want to try the tiller lock because it does not require hand adjusting the tension dial to lock  or vary the resistance; just
a pull upwards of the tiller.
Also  - the control  lines  take up quite abit less room in the cockpit . 

[HideAway]

We've been using the Tiller Stay on HideAway for years and although it was not strong enough to handle the boat in higher winds with the main sail in the boom it did give us a break.  Now that we have loose-footed the main sail Tiller Stay will keep us on course for long periods of time.

here is the link   http://www.mv.com/ipusers/whale/tillerstay/index.html

Shows a pic of a Compac 19 - We have set ours up the same way on our 23.   The spring seems to allow the boat to handle wind shifts and then return to the original course unaided.