"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Although I agree with your technique for other reasons, it has nothing
to do
with the outdrive acting like a rudder.

Eisboch


Well, since that is the way it feels to me, because I can easily
maneuver the boat without the outdrive in gear, why don't you tell me
why it is so easy to back the boat up.


As I mentioned in another post, it's the application of vectored thrust that
is "steering" your boat while backing into the slip. It's not because the
outdrive acts like a rudder.

Think of it this way.... A typical sailboat has a rudder that probably has
50 times or more the surface area that your outdrive has. Yet, even with
that big rudder, it is virtually useless in terms of "steering" the boat in
reverse, bumping or not.

Your technique is a good one, but not for the reasons you gave.

Eisboch