I loath cutting holes in my boat. The forespar approach is bogus to me for that reason (plus the complicated line locking apparatus is way overkill) in my opinion. I use a length of line stretched between two bungee loops attached to the aft horn cleats captured by a small jam cleat screwed to the underside of the tiller. I've use this simple solution on three M boats over a dozen years. It's effective through the whole swing of the tiller (if it's tight enough...). It ain't perfect, but jeez it's close... t On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Tim Erwin <sailtim@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am going to address the issue of being able to temporarily lock the tiller for whatever reason. I like the forespar lock box that is used with a forespar tiller extender. One negative right off is that I'm going to have to cut a sizable hole in my beautiful boat. I do like that system however. Then it seems like a lot of you have hardware on the tiller with a line running through it. Friction on the line holds the tiller in place. I would appreciate some feedback. Thanks, Tim Erwin. M15 dark star. # 641
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