[PUP] emergency tiller

[Truelove39 at aol.com]

Hi Gents, -
 
Peter, I think you are right on close-hauled weather helm. It  has been 
awhile since I studied racing theory. 
 
Lots of older boats had chains connected to a hole in the upper corner of  
the rudder as a stop to prevent the rudder from striking the  hull.
 
Agree on the practice - good point. We don't do as much as we should - in  
many areas.
 
Peter,  I find your comment about going to "war" on the high seas  
interesting - I never have thought of sailing as other than being harmonious  with the 
elements. Difficult and uncomfortable, of course, at times, and I have  done my 
share of hollering at the (or into the) wind!
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"
 
 
>> "I also installed an old sailboaters trick.  I have a hole  glassed in
through the aft end of my rudder that I can pass a line  through.  I can
knot the line on both sides of the hole and pass the  line through port
and starboard hawse pipes for an additional backup  system."

>This is a classic reminder of going back to basics that we  should all
take on board in this age of so called sophistication.

>  As this subject has drawn so little comment, I am leaning towards the
notion  that very few of us have had to use their emergency steering when
going to  "war" on the high seas, let alone practice drills.

<snip>

> Dennis Connor talks about 7 deg. I think he was talking about  weather
helm on a well balanced boat up wind close  hauled.





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