[DG] [DG11] Linear type 2 short or can I use a long with a 10 inch tiller arm

[billc42]

My dealer installed a Type 2 Long with a 10 inch tiller arm (in 1992) on a Catalina 42, and the boat yard says it weighs 25,000+. Set up works fine - only issue is keeping up with heavy following seas (which any pilot dreads). I also have the Rudder Reference Transducer and one incident where the rudder was slammed hard over the transducer apparently went beyond its design limit and I had to replace it. Otherwise a very rugged and reliable system.