I posted earlier about needing to find a cost effective tiller replacement for my well-loved Laser. The cheapest someone here found online was about $60 for a wooden tiller and I found a Gorilla stick with tiller for $125.
My solution came from Ace Hardware…a 3ft length of 1inch square aluminum tube for $15. It fits in the (presumably) OEM rudder assembly like hand in a glove.
I chose to cut off about an inch and then file down one side to a slight angle, slotted it in and drilled a hole through the existing pin hole and repeated the process going left/right. Time to cut, file, and drill…$15 mins. Fun in my Laser is still TBD as I have only just rehabbed it - but some things aren’t really questions.
PS. I doubt this is class legal. That’s not a problem for me - I’ve raced plenty (mostly in Enterprise) but I’m not a great tactician. This boat will be used to thrash around in the waters around Annapolis.
My solution came from Ace Hardware…a 3ft length of 1inch square aluminum tube for $15. It fits in the (presumably) OEM rudder assembly like hand in a glove.
I chose to cut off about an inch and then file down one side to a slight angle, slotted it in and drilled a hole through the existing pin hole and repeated the process going left/right. Time to cut, file, and drill…$15 mins. Fun in my Laser is still TBD as I have only just rehabbed it - but some things aren’t really questions.
PS. I doubt this is class legal. That’s not a problem for me - I’ve raced plenty (mostly in Enterprise) but I’m not a great tactician. This boat will be used to thrash around in the waters around Annapolis.