John Owens, of JOWoodworks, makes a longer tiller for the M15. I always sat just at the cockpit-to-cabin bulkhead when sailing my M15 and never had problem using a tiller extension on a 'standard length' M15 tiller. the drawback to a longer tiller is it can get in the way if you sail with crew ... making it difficult to come about and having enough space foward of the tiller for multiple people to switch cockpit sides. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
Thanks to Daniel, Connie, Tyler and Robert for the feed back regarding
Trim and Weight distribution. I will take the comment regarding NO Cinderblock seriously. All the other recommendations will be considered. I was thinking about the longer tiller and have looked at one a bit pricey. I will look at the extension of the tiller as a better way to go. I have a tiller extender that fits the bill. If necessary to get the bow down I will look at water filled jugs in the bow.
I will keep you posted after splash on May 15th as that is the day the docks go in on Pine Lake located in LaPort, IN.