Ronstan Battlestick Lightweight Alloy - 840mm (33") Long

A great tiller extension at a good price.

At first I was taken aback by the omnidirectional rubber neck, thinking it could break in a short time. But it's really effortless to use & seems quite tough while flexible in all directions. Great for moving about in a cockpit .

This works as designed. It's light and the rubber joint is flexible. You need to have a line or bungee to secure it out of the way when it's not needed.This would probably be a must for dingy racers, but for the recreational sailing I do, the one I made out of spare teak on my last boat would have done well enough, cost a lot less and looked classier attached to the wood tiller.

The ball on the end of the tiller came off and was lost on the third time sailing in my laser. Without the ball, the end of the tiller has a dangerous metal edge. Other posters have already raised the same issue, and apparently nothing has been done to improve manufacturing. Impossible to return or get a replacement through Amazon as I am no past “return period.” I had a Ronstan for 15 years before buying this one, never had a problem.

Works well on my daysailer but the end ball detached the second time out. I epoxied it back in place and it's now solid. My friend bought one and the same thing happened to his.

item as described, delivery as promised

Seems like a well-made tiller extension, at 33" the perfect size for my 6' beam sailboat.But at the end has a large rubber ball so this sits very high above the tiller and the Ronstan retainer clip is far too short to hold it in place. I haven't seen a tiller retainer clip tall enough to work with this extension.Not bad in the end: I removed the rubber ball and put in a coil of velcro, matched to a similar velcro on the tiller: much easier to lock the extension in place than with a clip and unlikely to break.

Made a shorter version out of a ski pole. Couldn't see cutting the $65 version.