I've seen how a windlass works and it got me thinking if maybe a homemade windlass could be made. I know a goat's foot lever would be more practical, but I wanna make one just to see if it would work. I'm not sure if it's been done before, maybe someone has done it before. It wouldn't look very "medieval" but maybe find a way to attach some thick hemp rope to it and improvise it to fit on the butt of the tiller. Just an idea.

Kinda like this one in the image maybe wider.

Kinda like this one in the image maybe wider.