If you are using the NYC Skiffs tapered foam core to make your tiller you
will have eaten the foam out of the cassette end of the tiller with acetone
and filled with epoxy 410 before attaching it to the ruder cassette. Now
that it is on the cassette eat the rest of the foam out of the tiller,
scrape it out with a stick if necessary. Make an epoxy 410 cap on the tip of
the tiller end (this is going to look a Bit like the tip of a penis:-) and
drill into the hollow space through the cap. Cut a small v shaped hole in
the underside of the tiller about 1/2 way back. Fish the shock cords through
the underneath hole and out through the tip. Fix the shockcords onto the
tiller extensions. Tension to the desired tension then put a couple of knots
in the shock cord just after the exit hole, setting different tensions and
holding power by wedging the knots in the V shaped hole. Check the shock
cord every month or so for wear.
Greg
PS, do not fall on your tiller!
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