I can tell you how the tiller attaches on my 38, and I would say the phrase "difficult to steer" would be an understatement.
The emergency tiller for my 38 is an aluminum tube bent into roughly the shape of a capital L about 4 feet long, with a collar on the end of the short leg that has a square hole in it. The centerline of the hole is roughly parallel to the long part of the L, and the square hole fits over the square lug protruding into the cockpit from the end of the rudder shaft. The short leg of the L is sized to fit between the rudder shaft and the steering pedestal (works best with the useless wheel removed from the pedestal). You then push/pull on the vertical/long leg of the L to steer the boat. Since the lever arm is at best 2 feet long, the steering effort is really high. It will work when sailing with the boat pretty well balanced, and under power at idle speeds - but I think the prop wash at higher engine speeds will just overwhelm the steering. Hope that helps. Rick Brass Washington, NC -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 6:25 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Emergency Tiller for C&C 34 I tried to connect my emergency tiller yesterday. I have the piece that attaches to the rudder. But there seems to be another piece that attaches to that. Does anyone know how the emergency tiller works? Is there in fact another piece? If so does anyone know where I can get it? If not how does the one piece work? It was very difficult to steer the boat. Brian C. Morrison Rekofa 1979 C&C 34 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
