The last big project of the day was mounting the tillers. I made the tiller chocks out of left over 3/4" HDPE sheet I had. I through bolted these to the rudder once I had the tillers tight in their notch. It's a really cool design, the way that the semi-circular notch and the wedge shape on the leading edge. This part I did per plan. On the attachment of the tillers to the tiller bar I deviated somewhat by using a Parrel Bead as a washer. These are usually used at the end of lines but by grinding out semi-circular holes in both the tillers and the tiller bar and then through bolting the set up you get a free moving pivot point that looks good.


Starboard tiller in place


Parrel Ball joint


Port tiller


Close up of tiller chock