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I got tired of the rusty emergency tiller at the bottom of the locker. I made some brackets to hold it to the starboard engine compartment cover from scrap 1/2 in marine ply. They are mortised and epoxied into the panel. If it works out, I will repaint the tiller after next season.
I tried to come up with all sorts of ideas for the E tiller. Cutting off the handle and turning a wooden one was the key for me. I don't think I had enough space to mount it like you did with hoses, batteries, wires and junk all competing for locker space.
I bumped up what I did because I had a hard enough time submitting it the first time.
Your set up looks even more accessible than what I did but I hope none of us ever has to use the thing, Steve.