I always reckon the comfy height is just where my tail would be if I had one.
--- On Mon, 11/1/10, Keir Gale <[email protected]> wrote: From: Keir Gale <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [canals-list] Re: Nb cant? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 11 January, 2010, 9:10 -----Original Message----- From: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:canals-list@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Brian on Harnser Sent: 10 January 2010 21:11 To: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com Subject: [canals-list] Re: Nb cant? peteuk explained on 10/01/2010 : > > --- In canals-list@ yahoogroups. com, "Colin Shepherd" > <colin.shepherd@ ...> wrote: >> >> > >> >> Perhaps its my age but I find that steering from inside the plays hell with >> my shoulder. >> > > This would be caused by the height of the tiller more than your age. > The most efficient height for tiller comfy use would be waist high. > Many NB tillers are just too high. > Because the cabin sides are to high -- Brian traveling on Harnser http://nbharnser. blogspot. com/ Which in turn makes it harder to steer into narrow locks downhill without standing on the counter to sight down the side of the boat. I've always assumed that the higher cabin sides on a pleasure boat are due to its shallow draught, but I stand to be corrected... Keir [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
