Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Tiller sail self-steering

Anyone heared of this? Might just be interesting to try. 

Sailing: A tiller sail for self-steering: Capt. W. Bligh RN Sailing: A tiller sail for self-steering: Capt. W. Bligh RN polarum How self-steering on a yacht may be improved by the addition of a small sail attached to the tiller.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes I tried it on a 22' Westerly and it worked really well. At first, you have to experiment with the retaining shock cord but after that its great.

Anonymous said...

It works OK. Helps to keep the boat on a smooth course in relation to the wind. Worth trying.