Windpilot PACIFIC LIGHT - Steering Lines and Tiller Steering; Positioning the Tiller Fitting; Positioning the Ring on the Pendulum Arm; Steering Line Blocks

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1.6.7 STEERING LINES AND TILLER STEERING
1.6.7.1 POSITIONING THE TILLER FITTING
 • Tillerfitting010shouldbemountedabout65%of
the way along the tiller, measuring from the rear
(e.g. if your tiller is 100 cm/40 in long, the fitting
should be about 65 cm/26 in from the aft end).
 • Movingthetillerfittingfurtherforwardincreases
leverage but reduces the angle through which your
PACIFIC LIGHT can turn the rudder.
 • Movingthetillerfittingaftincreasesthisanglebut
reduces leverage.
 • NOTE:itisimpossibletohavemoreleverageAND
more movement at the same time!
 • Aservo-pendulumsystemwithautomaticyaw
damping like the PACIFIC LIGHT is designed
to operate with an average steering line travel
between the system and main rudder of 20-25
cm/8-10 in.
1.6.7.2 POSITIONING THE RING ON THE
PENDULUM ARM
 • Movingtheringupthearm(awayfromtheaxle)
increases travel but reduces transmission force.
 • Movingtheringdownthearm(towardstheaxle)
increases transmission force but reduces travel.
 • See2.2.6.2DeterminingtheIdealSettings.
1.6.7.3 STEERING LINE BLOCKS
 • Thefirstpairofblocksshouldbemountedonor
outside the pushpit as far aft as possible.
 • Theotherpairshouldbemountedonthecockpit
coaming slightly aft of the tiller fitting.
 • Tiethesteeringlinestothering315onthe
pendulum arm.
 • Leadthemforwardtothetillerthroughthetwosets
of blocks.
 • Attachthechainsectionwherethesteeringlines
approach the tiller fitting.
1.6.7.4 LINE TENSION
 • Thelinesmustbeneithertooslacknortootight;
either will impair steering.
 • Thesteeringlinesshouldberiggedsuchthat
engaging the chain in the tiller fitting sets them to
their ideal working tension.
 • IDEALTENSION:noslack,nostrain.
1.6.7.5 CENTRING THE TILLER AND THE CHAIN
 • Thesystemandtillercanbecentredwithrespectto
each other (e.g. to compensate for weather helm as
wind and sea conditions change) by adjusting the
chain at the tiller fitting.
 • Assemblysequence:line/shackle/chain/2snap
shackles/line.