Connie, I may have to start washing mine. It only lasted 3 yrs and I couldn't figure out how to fix it so I bought a new one.
Doug --- Conbert H Benneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Re: the Forespar tiller holder. > > I haven't had a problem with the locking mechanism - > and my unit came > with the boat when I bought it, so I haven't a clue > as to it's age. If > it is used in salt water, and not rinsed off after > getting doused, then I > could imagine that salt crystals from evaporating > seawater might cause a > problem. > > Ergo, it works, and I use it almost every time I go > sailing. > > It is also used to lock the tiller in place when I > leave LEPPO at the > marina between sails. With all the outboards, and > PWC charging about on > weekends, I don't want the rudder banging back and > forth. So, it is > locked in place with the Forespar tiller holder. > > On my original tiller, I had the Forespar tiller > fitting about 6" back > from the end of the tiller. > > But when I got a new tiller from Bob Eeg, the "new > and improved" was > about 6" shorter than the old one. > > Since the receiver box was installed in the cockpit > wall, all I could do > was to put the Forespar fitting about one inch back > from the end of the > tiller so that the geometery remained the same. > > I carefully countersunk the fitting into the tiller > so that when sailing > you don't even feel it. If you just fasten it to > the tiller surface, > that would then be annoying (to me at least). > > Connie > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
