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Old 12-22-2006
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Originally Posted by WHOOSH
Stormer, I think the ''bible'' on sheet-tiller steering was written by John Letcher some years ago (Self-Steering for Sailing Craft, I belive) - no doubt out of print but available sooner or later with a search. I think it''s excellent and I used those techniques on all points of sail aboard our first boat, a Vega 27, in Pacific coastal sailing with great success. However, the Vega was the sweetest sailing offshore boat I''ve experienced and this technique probably works less well with less responsive boats. (snip)
I may be a little late to this thread but, since I have a Vega and I hate to hang a large plumber's nightmare off the transom, I'm interested in the details of how you rigged your self steering on the Vega.

Chuck
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