A transome hung outboard becomes totally useless in a nasty chop.

With the Banana Boat loaded for cuising, she'll start hobby-horsing if a fly lands on the
bow. The propeller on that outboard will lift out on every bounce, turning a lee shore
into a death trap. Neal is wise not to leave his sheltered waters.



Simple Simon wrote:
Otnbrd is wrong and stupid as usual.
He's a motor boater so what else do you expect?

A real sailboat like mine has the propeller abaft the
rudder and the rudder swings through 360 degrees.

It reverse my yacht is just as steerable as it is in forward
because in reverse the prop wash involves the rudder
directly.

Lady Sailor is stuck with a boat that will be difficult to
steer in reverse and unless she goes with counter-rotating
props there is NOTHING that can be done about it.

S.Simon.


"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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Barb,

otn is on the right track. Some vessels are real pigs in reverse. I
have problems when I have the Folding prop because I have to hit
high RPM to get the blades to open.

When I back out of the Slip, I hold the stern in place with the stern
line until I start to make sternway then I throtle back. Remember You
have a neutral gear. Use it to correct sternwalk, once you get some
way. Use reverse in short pulses and correct in neutral allowing for
the next stern walk under power. KEEP RPM LOW, correct in neutal,
curse that cut away stern and prop and keep trying

Ole Thom