[MHml] Rudder rigging.

[allied]

Horses for courses, I often have lots of people fishing off the aft end and 
not a tiller, or cross tube, pole, sticky out thing, anywhere. When I bought 
my boat it had tillers 3 feet up the middle of each hull and this floppy 
great pole, blocking the back of the boat. This lot was connected with 
ropes, via pulleys, running back and forth all over the place to a wheel. I 
did keep the beautiful, big, Kauri wheel, but scrapped the rest. I have a 
Simrad Wheel Pilot connected to the wheel and a remote, to drive from the 
tramp's, on those days the engine is required :o)

I do understand those who love the feel of a tiller and the 'oneness'  with 
the boat, but, I have what I want, though not everyones cup of tea.

Colin


>I just love my tillers. Stainless steel, bolted to the top of s/s rudder
> shafts and conected (with appropriate ackerman) to each other with
> aluminum cross tube. They are perfectly positioned for proper sailing.
> When I don't want to use the tillers I can use the autopilot remote.
> Mine is wired but wireless units are now available, meaning one can
> steer from anywhere. If I really wanted a wheel (why?) I would attach it
> to a wireless remote to control the autopilot ram attached to one of the
> tillers.
> PN
>
> Allied wrote:
>> I Just love my oil linkage; a small Hi - Drive (Australian) hand drive, 
>> rotary helm pump, half a litre of oil, a few bits of nylon pipe and 
>> fittings, and two rams, that took me about 4 hours and a lathe to make. 
>> The advantages are; Place the wheel anywhere you like, add another if you 
>> wish, run the pipeing anywhere, no pulley's, or adjustment, or play and 
>> most of all, no crossbar. I believe, that if you take the ball out of the 
>> none return valve, you get feeling as well, but I have not tried it and 
>> prefer it to stay as set.
>>
>> Colin