"John Halpenny" wrote

I saw something similar in a sailing club, where we had a lot of brand
new people starting out. They were confused because when you push the
tiller the boat moves toward you, and we could sometimes help them by
explaining that the linkage was 'reversed'.

I never had a lick of trouble with that. I think it was partially because
you can see which way the rudder is moving.

I've spent a lot of time on a tiller. I even broke one (delaminated the
fiberglass) one time in a race, that was blowing pretty hard with a little
too much jib up! g
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Jim in NC