Yep, I got a fixed length glass fibre tiller as well and I will never go back to telescopic setups.

You get used to it pretty quickly and now I prefer it.

Basically what you learn is to lay the tiller on your aft schoulder and steer with your thumb towards your face instead of pointing towards the crossbar.

This lifts the tip of the fixed length tiller sufficiently to clear marks and boats nearby.

Only when your crew is trapezing behind you or aft you is it in the way but this typically only happens under spinnaker and then I trail my tiller extension behind the boat.

Wouter