The Catalac tiller in the fresh

Starting with a drawing from the owner and looking at the dimension's and seeing they were a little under spec, We decided to increase some of the dimensions to give a safety margin when putting the tiller hard over in a blow

Having done that we decided on the final size and shape and the tiller was born

The tiller was made up of mahogany and ash strips epoxy glued together 

An amount of shaping then took place and the finish shape was made and the hand grip area made into a comfortable shape and size 

Now starts the long process of building up layers of varnish until the correct number of layers of varnish are achieved 

 

Making an emergency tiller for a 9Metre Catamaran

The scale drawing for the tiller, which is a good start however, having talking to the owner questioned the thickness of the length of the tiller and have resized the shaft to be a much larger size, so when put under stress will not break. 

All the parts of the tiller put through the thicknesser to get to the same size and now have to set up on a jig to cramp it together with epoxy glue 

This will be a very strong tiller which is going to be made out of mahogany and ash.

 

Now starts the fun part of sanding down the hull of the Morgan Giles 30.

 The first job will be to put walk boards round the boat at a height that will make it easier to sand down the hull and to also move the boat into a better position in the workshop to be able to work all the way round

This will mean moving things around in the workshop to make room to set them out.

So today is going to be spent moving things around until I get it right so that I can work one side at a time safely.

So let the fun begin on sorting out the workshop ready for the move for the sanding to begin on the hull.