the prop??!!
Geeze Bryan, that blows. I have a 27 replete with an emergency tiller down here in Norfolk. I have heard of props getting stolen. In one case the crook kindly replaced the nut.
The tiller:
1. You could come down and measure/ photograph, or I could do that, or whatever floats your boat, or meet in Richmond with the tiller. Next time I visit the boat, later this week I can get the measurement you request at the very least.
2. Would you be so kind to pass some ideas about prevention of something like this? Describe, a little, like: boat on the hard, in the water, locked, etc?