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Does one's heart good ....
JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message . .. Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: I guess JimH really doesn't want to know, so I will tell you. The problem with most single screw boats is the prop walk. So instead of keeping the boat in gear, you just "bump" the boat in and out of gear (keeping it in gear for less than a second), you want to keep enough movement to offset the wind or current. As long as you have movement the outdrive acts as a rudder, and since you don't have continual prop torque/walk, it is a piece of cake to back a single screw boat. If you have a boat with a lot of surface area, it can be effected by the wind, and you have to compensate for that with your initial approach, but with a tiny runabout it becomes 2nd nature to spin the boat around and back it up. What a secret! Why, it is *amazing* no one ever thought of this before. I mean, this gem of an original idea has never been seen in any boating magazines, books or websites. Wow! Frippin' amazing. Next thing you know, Reggie will climb aboard a boat that isn't indoors at the Atlanta boat show. OMG, I cannot believe Reggie thought that was a big secret of his. Thanks for the great laugh Reggie! (I am still laughing!) Anytime, it will probably allow you to back into your slip now. |
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