wtf are you talking about? it's awfully early in the day to be so incoherant
from alcohol.

Intuitively, most people sense that water "pulled" over a rudder will cause
a
rudder to change direction of a boat in much the same way as water "pushed"
over a rudder does. However, intuition misses some things along the way.
[...]
end) to port. However, the water drawn over the rudder's port side hits
that
side and is deflected towards port. Then the rudder would push the boat
(after end) to starboard. And equal and opposite reaction. Net, net, the
boat
does not turn. The pressure on each side of the rudder is equal. Nada.


Jox, since you're such an "expert" on Feynman inverse sprinkler problem
and how to misapply it to any situation, maybe you can answer a question
about it. While it's true that the sprinkler won't turn when water is
being sucked in, it's not true that no net force is generated by sucking
the water in. In fact, there is a net force generated. It's just not
in a direction that will turn the sprinkler.

In relation to your discussion about about equal and opposite, net net,
no net force, etc., how do you reconcile that with the fact that it's
not true for the inverse sprinkler problem?

Steve