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    Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 3:55am
Originally posted by Granite

I was looking in a local diy shop and they had a bundle of about 20 bamboo canes for £2.50 so I think that may be the way forward. Carrying a spare in the boom is definatly a good idea,

The only problem I see is sleaving the bamboo over the UJ as the internal diam seems a bit small

That is where the 3" length of garden hose comes in to play - sleeve the hose over the UJ and then over the bamboo...
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Or another one which I had on the Moth - the white pipe, electrical I think - available from B&Q, but is quite bendy......................
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I have used plastic pipe for tiller extentions on hiking boats for years and it works great. When I started twining on Aqua I made longer ones out of the same plastic pipe. It was all fine till I started going down wind got a bit of lee helm and the whole thing went like a banana, instant bearaway and swim. hence the rather agricultural reinforecement that was on at the blast.
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HAHA - thought it looked a bit over-engineered!
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Originally posted by Granite

When I started twining on Aqua I made longer ones out of the same plastic pipe.


Had the same problem singlehanding Halo (my Cherub) a few years back. The extra distance is just too much for plastic pipe - think about 3 feet is the max:-)
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sounds fun plasic pipe always looks scruffy though

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OK I have my lovely new carbon carp pole - sorry tiller, so what is the best way to fix it to the UV

If it was a alu pole I'd drill a small hole and use a small tapping screw, or pin, but what's recommended for carbon -help

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ok so i have no idea on that question - sorry. but i have a question of my own, looking through some class rules, it seems that the tiller extension doens have to be a fixed weight just the rudder 'unit' needs to be a minimum weight. Is this the same for the classes that you guys are making these tiller extentions for, Just wondering if the weight is that much of an issue. (hope that made sense)
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well what i did...... drill a hole through it and then stick a pin through. then ducktape it up. it doesn't seem really strong but it's not gonna come apart.
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you can use any aluminium and steel on carbon it does not react.

if you look how much aluminium and steel react its amazing we still put them togther! i try not to!
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