I'm in the same situation.  I spliced in a replacement piece of wood in the rotted area of mine.  Beware... I spoke to West Marine and their tillers are short.  I believe they said 43.5".  They did not have the longer ones anymore.

I hope this helps.

Don Simons, Old Forge, NY

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  On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA<roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:   Hi Chris,

Many years ago, I bought a type g.

Roger Pihlaja
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> On Oct 5, 2026, at 7:28 PM, Chris on LBI <cknell at vt.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Roger,
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> Wow, thank you. I never would have thought that it would be a standard part. One of those will work. The two that appear to be the closest are type A and type G. Do you know which would fit best?
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> https://www.westmarine.com/west-marine-laminated-replacement-tillers-P002_074_001_509.html?srsltid=AU7gw4WF_GfMVtCyHk9BwLwxxfHWklLGbV_bMPiY9Mm66eTb9eFaRWln
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> Thank you!
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> Chris
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