Shen44 wrote:
ct: Which way does a boat turn?
From: "Scott Vernon"


My feeling is that you have to get that prop down really deep (as in submarine)
before this doesn't apply.
As another visual .... next time you back down (and for this purpose start DIW)
and start going astern look at your prop wash.
You should notice two things about it.
First, on a high percentage of single screw boats, the majority of the
disturbed wash you see at the surface will be coming out from underneath the
stbd side of your hull (you may see little or none on the port).

I'm going to slightly disagree here. When you start DIW, the boat (RH
prop) will almost immediately start swinging the stern to port, which in
itself will make the wash come out the stbd.
However, if all things were equal, you should see an equal wash either side.
I frequently use the backing for stopping. When doing this I try to
start a turn to port first, so that once the "walk" kicks in it stops my
swing at about the same time it stops the boat (used to have the final
heading where you want it when stopped) and since I'm watching the wash
so that I know when I'm stopped, it will still, in the majority, be
coming out the stbd side.

otn