Sounds like a great little setup. A great description
also. Unfortunately I have no ability to visualize
this stuff. Is there anyway to get a pic of this setup
and others like it? Thanks
Doug
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> Hi Rick,
>
> I installed two small jam cleats on the P / S sides
> of the cockpit, about
> 6 - 8" back from the forward end of the tiller.
>
> My self steering lash-up is as simple as it gets.
>
> Part No. 1 is a piece of bungee cord (probably about
> 1/4" diameter x 3'
> long: finished length). Make a loop in the end that
> you can slide over
> the tiller (make it a fairly loose fit ).
>
> Part No. 2 is a piece of 1/4" line that goes through
> a toggle ( a small
> rectangle of wood with two holes drilled through it
> - about 2 inches
> apart) and after making a bight, put the end back
> through the toggle and
> tie a figure eight knot. Leave a lot of slack in
> the eye. The toggle
> allows you to adjust the length of the line.
>
> Depending on the tack you are on, the eye of the
> bungee cord is slipped
> over the tiller and the other end is put in the jam
> cleat.
>
> The eye in the line now goes over the end of the
> tiller and the loose end
> is put in the opposite jam cleat.
>
> Now you have to play with the adjustment:
>
> Tighten (or loosen) the toggle to get the tiller
> about where it wants to
> be when on course.
>
> Now stretch the bungee cord and adjust it's tension;
> and adjust the
> toggle so that the tiller is held where it needs to
> be to hold course.
>
> With bungee cord tension properly balanced, this
> systems will hold course
> nicely.
>
> Cost?
>
> A piece of scrap 1/4" line about 4' long.
> A scrap piece of wood about 1" wide x 4" long x 3/8"
> thick for the
> toggle.
> A piece of bungee cord
> Two small jam cleats about $3 each
>
> ...........and nothing added to the tiller.
>
> Connie
>
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