This is what you get for procrastinating repairs. This morning my tiller gave up the ghost during a gybe in gusty 5-6 bft. conditions. I should have known better than to leave the already cracked (and epoxied) tiller on the boat. Looks like water got in with the first crack and the wood just rotted away unnoticed. Managed to tear down all the cloth in a hurry and use my epropulsion drive to get back to port. Lesson learned …