[quote=Breakwater][quote=danlocks]Shortening the tiller arms will reduce your the lever you have for steering.[/quote]
Luckily, my helm is near-perfectly balanced. The boat has very slight weather helm. I Know exactly what you mean though, My Hobie 16 has horrible pressure from weather helm.
[quote=danlocks] You could probably test this by drilling a couple holes and moving the crossbar before you actually cut the arms. but then you're drilling holes in your tiller arms :-( [/quote]
Great Idea. I have a spare tiller arm from another boat, I might "tape" it on (or something similar) in the test position for a day, and leave the real one on as "backup" before cutting or drilling the tiller arms.
[quote=danlocks] Rolling the boat up and down the beach from behind is going to become rather hard.[/quote]
I also hear you there, but I actually have the Cat Trax, and a come-along system on the beach that works the nuts. I attach one end to the dinghy racks, and the other to the boat and it glides right up the sand. I dont know what it is, but something like a 4:1
If the mod goes down, I'll document it.
And by the way, I'd be happy to measure the length of my shrouds, being that my boat is balanced. Maybe it will give you a starting point for mast rake to alleviate some of that tiller pressure.<!-- editby --><em>edited by: Breakwater, Jul 18, 2008 - 03:17 PM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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