Tiller for hunter 23

[farrapona]

My tiller snapped, it’s useable but ordering a new one

mine seems about 46” long, ruddercraft sells them at 40” but has a note that some owners request a 48” tiller

40” seems acceptable, can anyone comment what the length of their tiller is?

 

[rgranger]

If you want to make a nice looking wooden one... here is how I made mine... Get some oak, pine and cedar slats from Lowes or Home Depot and alternate them like so...

Then make a jig to get the curve you want. You can use your old broken rudder to trace out the curve on a pice of plywood. Make a jig by screwing some blocks along the curve. Titebond III or Gorilla glue the slats, clamp and let dry. Note the plastic sheeting... You don't want to glue your new rudder to the floor.

Put the tiller in a vice and shape it with a sander or grinder... then smooth with sand paper

Stain varnish and let dry

Now you have a new salty looking rudder... any length you want and as curvy or straight as you want.

 

[farrapona]

Wow, that looks great! Nice work

 

[rgranger]

Wow, that looks great! Nice work

Thanks

It was fun. When I had my H26 I considered making one for that boat as well. I could have actually used the old tiller as the jig for the new one and clampled the slats directly to the tiller as the glue dried.