Thanks Skipper Not sure what "sheet to tiller" means? Also what is remote? How is that rigged?
Jim On 10/11/07, Doug Kelch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim, > > I have used the sheet to tiller steering quite successfully on my M15. It > works well to about 100 deg off the wind. I saved on old jib and use two > jibs as twin headsails and this works well off the wind but didn't have > enough sail area for lighter winds. > > I built a wind vane (non-Pendulum) steering system which also seemed to work > but I did not permanently mount it and my temporary mounting had to much > friction in the lines to be sure. > > The M15 is so sensitive to weight that none of the above actually allow you > to randomly move about the boat and still hold a course very well. Weight > shifts will even drive an autohelm crazy and make it work hard. > > I use remote steering for long sessions of motoring and it works very well on > the M15, is cheap, and effective but requires you to still steer. You can > let go of the steering long enough to dive into the cabin and grab stuff. > > Thanks > > Doug Kelch > > Jim Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have any of you skippers installed self > steering on your M-15? I once had > Aries windvane on my 32 ft Islander and it worked very well. I am > considering installing self steering on the Pelican but don't know what is > out there on the horizon. > > Captain James Albert Sadler > skipper sailing vessel Pelican M-15 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
