Hi, Gary,

If I'm doing the trig right, (#$% excel works in radians, needed to convert) using a guestimate of 2 foot long rods connecting your tiller crossbar to your rudders, I'm getting like 0.4" above dead center on the crossbar to produce 1 degree rudder deflection. Sounds awfull close to Rick's advice to pull the crossbar a quarter inch to windward... the difference, 0.15", is well within the allowable error of the system, with loose pintles, wave action, slop in the casting/rudder connection, imperfectly alligned rudders etc. ANd if the rods are shorter than 2 feet, Frank and Rick are even closer. Cool.