M15 SCRED had a tiller tamer that was ~1/4 broken when purchased. i fiddled at
making it 'work' to some extent. SCRED's was located on the 'bottom' of the
tiller. the weakness of this location, IMO, is if you 'lift' the tiller to
raise the rudder you put stress on the 'tamer' causing it to break. i did this
to terminal affect causing 'bits' of tiller tamer to fly around the cockpit.
in time i'm going to move to the a 'tamer' that uses a cleat with a line. i
have seen this work with good results on gary hyde's M17.
dave scobie
M15 #288 - SCRED
visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred
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The ad at the link notes that the device could be located on top or
underneath the tiller, so perhaps the latter configuration would solve the
problem of tangling with the 15's traveler.
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:04 am
Subject: Re: M_Boats: Tiller Tamer
Rick,
I have the same style tiller tamer on my M-15.? For the most part it works
well,
however, for?all you other M-15 owners, be aware that this type of tiller tamer
has a tendency to catch the traveler during tacking in light air.??
Skip
M-15 #210
Wild Guppy?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]
Sent: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:30 am
Subject: Re: M_Boats: Tiller Tamer
I recently bought and installed a Tiller Trimmer
(http://www.tillertrimmer.com), which works great. Paid $59 for mine, but I
see they've dropped the
price to $49, free shipping. They delivered quickly, and I think it's a great
device. Once you've got it trimmed right, you can leave the helm for several
minutes.
Rick
M-17 #633 Lynne L
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