Rudder Boat
 

Does anyone have experience in driving a rudder boat with fixed drives. What is the pros and cons. docking, steering, etc.
Thanks:drink:

Re: Rudder Boat
 

No one has driven one?

Re: Rudder Boat
 

I have 42 cabin cruser w inboards and rudders and a child could drive it,if that helps.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

Try posting in the MTI section. I know there are several boats in there with rudders.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

Forgetting about steering when backing up. You'l be using your throttles and shifters to steer the boat in reverse. I've never done this in a go-fat, but my go slow boat is twin inboard, and that's how we get it back into the slip, which can be tricky with the rippin' current by the slip.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

When I dock I don't turn the wheel so it's probably the same. Although, a surface drive like an Arneson may be different, not sure never had to do that.

Inboards are the easy, V drives are the easyest. They pivot really nice because the props are under the boat.

Single engine rudder boats, they suck!!! Try docking a single engine 40 ft sailboat sometime... Darn boats are useless going backwards...

Re: Rudder Boat
 

You don't touch the wheel on cats with #6s when backing or docking forward. The only troulbe with rudder is when you lose power or drive.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

I steer my #six cat all the time docking. Backwards and foward. I even have crashboxes. Most of the time I coast in, since in gear on one engine is about 8mph.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

So it sounds like it would be easy to dock.

Re: Rudder Boat
 

No rubrail and no scratches yet. I find it very easy to dock.