Has anyone tried setting up a through-the-lazarette tiller on a Weekender? Does it work? Any theoretical downside? Any photos? Despite building my wheel, I may go to a tiller solution for ease and reliability. Any help appreciated.
Dave
Without a lazarette this is a good idea, freeing up considerable cockpit space. With an aft deck, then you need a longer tiller and very wide slot at the inboard end of the lazarette. You could use an "articulated" tiller, but this will require some "engineering" on the fly. I use articulated tillers on yawls and ketches if the mast is in the way and also if the aft deck makes a weird tiller attachment. It's not hard, but will take some thought.
What about the red and white boat the stevensons made in Hawaii and even show pictures of on their website? The boat looks to have no lazzerette and uses a tiller I wish they would show that boat as a design option for those of us building tiller boats as we would gain cockpit space.
Greetings Dave,
The red and blue Weekenders in the Sailing Marahau video both have through-the-transom-and-lazarette tillers.
![[Image: MarahauWeekenderSailing.jpg]](http://home.comcast.net/~TomsWeekender/img/MarahauWeekenderSailing.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvux4-D0M4
Red & Blue Weekenders Sailing Marahau
(Stairway to Heaven & Slice of Heaven)
Nelson, New Zealand
9:58
The good views start about 2:30 into the video and proceed from there.
Watch the whole video.
Cheers,
Tom