[Public-List] Auto compass and tillers

[thomascwcj at bellsouth.net]

IdaSailor has a nice website that shows different tiller styles including the rise and drop styles and everything in between.
-------------- Original message from Bob Crinion <bob at fox.nstn.ca>: -------------- 


> Hi All, 
> 
> Does anyone have pictures of either the drop or rise tiller? 
> What did the Alberg 30 originally have as a tiller? Drop or so call rise 
> type? 
> 
> Where would I order the drop one from? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> -bob 
> 
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of Dave Terrell 
> Sent: June 17, 2008 10:05 AM 
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org 
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Auto compass and tillers 
> 
> Rod 
> 
> I purchased a tiller from Ida some years ago and have no trouble with it 
> hitting the lockers. I had them make mine a lttle longer than the original. 
> that was a good idea, I think. My recollection is that some of us have 
> replaced the original tiller with a catalina 27 tiller and liked the results 
> very much. I am curious, what is a "drop" tiller? My guess is that the 
> catalina tiller is a "rise" tiller: it bends upward a short distance after 
> the tiller head. 
> 
> david, Scholarship II, 432 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> "Rod Symmes" 06/16/08 8:50 AM >>> 
> Try circling slower [ or make a larger circle ] . That did it for me. 
> 
> Cheers, Rod 
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: thomascwcj at bellsouth.net 
> To: public-list at alberg30.org 
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 6:26 PM 
> Subject: [Public-List] Auto compass and tillers 
> 
> 
> I've been unable to calibrate the auto compass on my new TP22 TillerPilot. 
> Is there anyone with an A30 that has experience with this that can give me 
> some advice? With a starboard mounting of the unit, and going in the 
> prescribed clockwise circles, I can't get the starboard and port tack lights 
> to stop blinking long enough to achieve calibration. Within three feet of 
> the unit, I've got a locker's exterior lock, tiller head fitting, the 
> engine's control lever and interior linkage; this doesn't seem like it would 
> be enough metal to prevent calibration. 
> 
> Also, I'm planning on replacing my tiller. The current tiller is a "drop" 
> model that works well enough except that to get a full sweep I need to raise 
> it in order to clear the cockpit lockers. Raising the tiller seems to unduly 
> stress the tiller head fitting (this fitting appears to be original). I'm 
> considering a "rise" model that would clear the lockers without raising it. 
> The IdaSailor people tell me that most Alberg folks still order the drop 
> model as a replacement. Am I missing something here? Thanks, 
> Chuck 
> #525 
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