Tiller installation nearly complete

Don't forget to snap some photos while you work on that boat project, then share them here.

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camroll
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Tiller installation nearly complete

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I have only a few more steps to finish the tiller installation project. This spring I added the coupling which I purchased from Edson along with the 8" shaft extension. I then added a teak block which I had fashioned over the winter with a fiberglass tube epoxied into it. The tiller itself I made this winter and I found a tiller head and the collars at consignment shops. I fiberglassed over the old pedestal hole and then screwed the block down. I taped and then Kiwi Gripped the whole cockpit. I bought a motor control from Seastar and installed it and connected the cables to the motor. The gear shift cable would budge so I ended up buying a new one. Of course the control had a maximum cockpit wall thickness of 12mm. I'll be damned if the cockpit wall was very close to this. All thats left to do is install the chart plotter. I have cut the hole in the bulkhead where it will be and reran all the wires. Who would have thought the bulkhead wall would be almost 1/2" thick fiberglass followed by 1/4" liner and then plywood. Hopefully the pictures are here.

Russ
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j316ytm0pegwa ... 7.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ybccwok1cgovk ... 9.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/04lyyad3vzywo ... 9.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xnstmy8qz3mn ... 9.JPG?dl=0
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Re: Tiller installation nearly complete

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Perhaps I’m the only one not seeing any images.
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John Stone
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No images here either.
robwm
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Re: Tiller installation nearly complete

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same here, no images visible
camroll
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Re: Tiller installation nearly complete

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I edited the original post so that there's a way to look at the pictures until I can figure out how to do it
Thanks
Russ
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Re: Tiller installation nearly complete

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camroll wrote:I edited the original post so that there's a way to look at the pictures until I can figure out how to do it
Thanks
Russ
Good job. Always nice to see tiller boats. I hope you like the tiller as much as I do.
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S/V Ethan Grey
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Re: Tiller installation nearly complete

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Very nice. I think I want to do this to my CD30C.
David
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