Broken Tiller Hardware! HELP!!
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:46 pm
Arrgghh!
We spent last weekend on the boat for our last full moon this season,,, probably.
Light winds and then they died altogether, but Sunny an in the 90's at home so we swam and relaxed...
Woke up Sunday morning an while having breakfast saw this:
IMG_0223 by bhacurly, on Flickr
Was glad we didn't have strong winds, OK there was no wind! So we didn't have to decide if we should sail back to the slip... but we did use the tiller and made it back without having to stear with the motor...
Now I have the tiller at home to get a new attachment fabricated before we can sail again!!! I needed to be working on the project boat anyway, but we are hoping the season isn't done! I don't have a spare, and ya it woulda been a pain if things came apart in some of the winds we've been in over the last few weeks, so really, we lucked out there...
Any help from you all would be appreciated. I'll be looking around spokane on Tuesday and am thinking of just having a SS one made in the same dimensions... or maybe someone can Tig weld it for a quick fix for now, it is made of aluminum...
Any thoughts???
We spent last weekend on the boat for our last full moon this season,,, probably.
Light winds and then they died altogether, but Sunny an in the 90's at home so we swam and relaxed...
Woke up Sunday morning an while having breakfast saw this:
IMG_0223 by bhacurly, on Flickr
Was glad we didn't have strong winds, OK there was no wind! So we didn't have to decide if we should sail back to the slip... but we did use the tiller and made it back without having to stear with the motor...
Now I have the tiller at home to get a new attachment fabricated before we can sail again!!! I needed to be working on the project boat anyway, but we are hoping the season isn't done! I don't have a spare, and ya it woulda been a pain if things came apart in some of the winds we've been in over the last few weeks, so really, we lucked out there...
Any help from you all would be appreciated. I'll be looking around spokane on Tuesday and am thinking of just having a SS one made in the same dimensions... or maybe someone can Tig weld it for a quick fix for now, it is made of aluminum...
Any thoughts???