[alberg30] Re: relocating tiller

[alberg30]

From: "alberg30" <alberg30 at planet.net>


Mark: I would love to look at that jpg of the tiller modification you made.
Can you email me a copy?

Thanks;
Joe Tokarz
#499 "One Less Traveled"
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> From: Mpete53 at aol.com
> To: alberg30 at onelist.com
> Subject: [alberg30] relocating tiller
> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 2:35 PM
> 
> From: Mpete53 at aol.com
> 
> Alternative to wheel steering.
> 
> 
> 	I have recently joined this message group and have been reading the old
> messages. There seems to be a recurring question about installing a
steering
> wheel on an Alberg 30. I assume that the reason for this interest is the
same
> as I had when I perched my A30 (#585 Jocelyn). The tiller rules the
cockpit. 
> 
> 	The Jocelyn replaced my 22 foot Pearson Electra (another Alberg design),
they
> both have the same size cockpit but the Electra's seemed bigger. The
answer
> was that the tiller head on the Electra was above the seat lockers and
could
> swing easily above the legs of people in the cockpit. The A30's with it's
> tiller head  on the cockpit sole causing the tiller to  hit legs every
time I
> maneuvered.
> 
> 	The solution was to rase the tiller head.
> 
> 	This was accomplished by using a stainless steel universal joint, about
18"
> of 1 inch shafting
> and a bearing on the aft end of the cockpit. 
> 
> 	The bearing is mounted on the aft end of the cockpit just below the
traveler,
> with the new shaft projecting just enough for the tiller head to fit on.
The
> shaft then is joined to the rudder post by the universal joint.
> 
> 	I have found that I now have much more usable cock pit space.
> 
> 	If your are interested I will email a jpg to you.
> 
> Note. Me implementation is still a work in progress. The only SS U Joint
that
> I could find is not of the roller bearing type and therefore has some
> rotational play. I also had to modify it to a split type with pinch bolts
to
> get it to hold tight on the rudder post. 
> 	But I have no intentions of going back to the old system
> 
> 
> Mark Peters
> 
> Mpete53 at aol.com
> 
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