Rich, It is called a tautline hitch. http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/tautlinehitch.htm Tie one side first and slide it up snug to the tiller and then thier the other side as close to the tiller as you can. You can then add tension by sliding either side away from the tiller. Thanks Doug Kelch Rick Langer <farreach@optonline.net> wrote: Rich, I'm afraid I don't know the name of the knot that Doug showed me, but it's an adjustable cinch knot that works well. To tie it, loop the line over the tiller, make two complete turns of the bitter end over the standing line which forms a loop, then make one turn on the standing line on the inside of the loop. Do the same with the other end of the remote steering line. Cinch them tight and they should hold well. As a side note, I've found that this knot works well when setting up a tent or fly. It is much superior to those little metal or plastic cinchers that come with equipment. Any time you want to tighten a line this knot does the trick. I'm on my way (Saturday) to a cruise on Lake Champlain, so if Doug doesn't respond, let me know and I'll take a picture of mine while setup. By the way, we refer to this as a remote steering system, not to be confused with the sheet to tiller self steering system. Rick Langer M15 #337 Bluebird
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:19:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Cottrell Subject: M_Boats: self steering line To: Montgomery Boats Message-ID: <703376.90608.qm@web51412.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Hi Doug Kelch,
Since installing your self-steering system on Really I've been sailing with Spinnaker up in heavier winds with good success while single handling.
Question: How do you attach the lines to the tiller? I've been using half hitches but they get loose and things can get a bit sloppy.
Rich Cottrell
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