The crude wooden thing that looks like a tiller is actually
screwed to the former control arm leftover from when
it was radio controlled. The two nuts are for finely adjusting weather helm compensation, or tendency to head into the wind. the string on the upper left goes directly to the mainsail, thus causing the boat to turn away from the wind in a puff, and the rubber band makes it go straight in much lighter wind, when the mainsail is more slack.

"Jack N' The Pulpit"
1999
a short Video clip 

She's about twenty three inches on deck, made of carved pine, designed totally out of my head. She's actually my only non radio controlled boat, and instead she has what they call a "braine-gear" which is a very simple device for allowing model yachts to steer themselves on a relatively straight course in a variety of wind speeds and directions. I've had more fun sailing her across the Charles River. Doing this requires a Kayak for a chase boat, and creates quite a sight for the big boats sailing around her.

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