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In article , "Grumman-581"
writes: Well, Frank, trust me -- a jet boat is even less of a rudder. Oh, I certainly believe you! Frank Bell |
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"FRANKWBELL" wrote ...
Oh, I certainly believe you! It's kind of interesting when you first start driving one... At speed, they track very tightly... Very maneuverable... At a slow (no wake) speed, they feel slugish... |
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"Grumman581" wrote in message ...
"Calif Bill" wrote ... But you do not have to have full throttle to steer. No, but you pretty much need to have at least enough throttle as it would have taken to maintain your current speed... My Sea-Doo jet boat (a twin engine jet with gunwales, and a steering wheel instead of handlebars - for those that refuse to call it a real boat) gives me little steering trouble at low speed, or when slowing from high speed with closed throttles. As soon as you learn "thrust is required to steer" you learn to provide small bursts of power to maintain or command a change in heading. I have more positive and responsive steering control in my jet boat at very low speed than I do in my 36' cruiser - which is of course equipped with rudders. |
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"Grumman-581" wrote in message ...
"Curtis CCR" wrote ... I have more positive and responsive steering control in my jet boat at very low speed than I do in my 36' cruiser - which is of course equipped with rudders. Well, for the most part, large boats by their very nature are going to be less responsive... When I was in the Navy, I was stationed on the Nimitz... I think it took us well over a mile to turn around... OK... :) I can turn my jet boat, quite quickly, without headway. Try that on a ruddered ski boat. My point was that I can (pretty easily) point my jet boat in any direction at low speed - in fact I can spin it around in one place without headway. I need thrust, but not relative movement through the water, to steer. |
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"werlax" wrote ...
If they're at all like a PWC, I can attest to that. My first time on one I was coming in towards the beach to, well..., beach it, and was idling in nicely. I was about 3 feet from the beach so I decided to cut the engine. I was shocked to find myself spinning out and heading completely away from shore. Well, I guess they're a little better than PWCs in that aspect... I think they'll track a straight line for 3 ft... Maybe not much more though.. grin |
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When I was in the Navy, I was stationed on the Nimitz...
I think it took us well over a mile to turn around... Just slightly better than my pontoon boat. :) -- Rich Stern www.nitroowners.com - The Nitro and Tracker Owners Web Site www.mypontoon.com - The Pontoon Boat Web Site www.fishingreportdatabase.com - The Fishing Report Database www.mysporttrac.com - The Sport Trac Web Site |
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If you move the steering arm into the closest hole and allow the outboard to
swing farther your pontoon will turn faster. In a monohull this could cause some serious handling problems but you won't be flipping a pontoon. You do get a little cavitation if you turn too sharp going too fast but in close quarters at slow speed you can really control the boat. |
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Great shot of an emergency turn on a nuke carrier. PBS runs the story once
in awhile on the carrier Ike, and part of the commisioning test is an emergency turn at about 35 knots. The boat must be at a 30 degree angle. Bill "Rich Stern" wrote in message ... When I was in the Navy, I was stationed on the Nimitz... I think it took us well over a mile to turn around... Just slightly better than my pontoon boat. :) -- Rich Stern www.nitroowners.com - The Nitro and Tracker Owners Web Site www.mypontoon.com - The Pontoon Boat Web Site www.fishingreportdatabase.com - The Fishing Report Database www.mysporttrac.com - The Sport Trac Web Site |
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"Calif Bill" wrote ...
Great shot of an emergency turn on a nuke carrier. PBS runs the story once in awhile on the carrier Ike, and part of the commisioning test is an emergency turn at about 35 knots. The boat must be at a 30 degree angle. After every yard period, a ship has to go through an ORE (Operational Readiness Evaluation)... The emergency turn is one small part of the ORE... It didn't seem like it went to 30 degrees though... I don't remember what the "point of no return" was on the ship... Too many years have passed... I seem to remember on the destroyers it was around 60 degrees... I knew one guy who said that they were coming into Norfolk after a cruise and due to the weather plus being lightly loaded, they were doing 50 degree lists each way... |
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