Rudder Boat
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Rudder Boat
Does anyone have experience in driving a rudder boat with fixed drives. What is the pros and cons. docking, steering, etc.
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Re: Rudder Boat
No one has driven one?
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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.
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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...
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...
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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.
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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.
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So it sounds like it would be easy to dock.