On my way north from Bermuda to Halifax one April with a C&C designed Baltic 51, our steering cable broke during the second of the three gales we had that passage. Couldn't fix it so we had to steer using the emergency tiller. As with our boats, the lever arm was small but we rigged tackles and balanced the boat out so we could still do one-person watches for three hours each. It was tedious steering, but we still made it in 6 days. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine (Currently anchored in Vineyard Haven on our first little cruise)
Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Jul 5, 2013, at 20:53, "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
