Originally Posted by
BobJ
No, I bought another RM rotary reference on E-Bay recently. Your explanation makes a lot of sense so now I'm leaning towards re-installing it. It screws to the top of the tiller's base on the axis of the rudder post, with the rod fixed to the cockpit side. It's fixed on the centerline and the tiller turns underneath it (it's wired in reverse). It worked fine for several years (and two SHTP's) but I kicked the rod pretty hard a couple of times and was always afraid I'd break it.
Do you still live on Country Lane?