Would a front rudder help steer the thing?
On Apr 15, 6:21�am, "Tim" wrote:
On Apr 15, 8:12 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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"Chuck Gould" wrote
Putting a second rudder on the front would likely
result in capsizing at any serious turn of speed.
How you gonna get a serious turn of speed in a 30' pontoon boat?
Wonder if a robust Minn Kota electric motor at the bow would assist
steering...... acting like a poor man's bow thruster.
Don, after the fact, i thougth of that myself. and with it cabled up
to the steering, it could also act as a rudder I suppose, or jsut
throw it in and use it to aid *docking ect.
that's also and idea.
The normal method of moving the bow somewhat independently of the
stern is to use a thruster, not a second rudder.
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