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    • February 24, 2014 at 9:32 pm #68862
      Anonymous

      I once had to back out of a marina after getting deeply into it to find there were no slips. I put her in reverse and then immediatey took her out of gear. As we put a little way on, I repeated the procedure until we had steerage way and were able to back some distance out of the marina. This was on lake Ontario so there was little or no current. I don’t remember if there was a significant cross wind, but I would think not.

      On Mon, 2/24/14, Silverheels <> wrote:

      Subject: Re: Prop Walk
      To: “‘Pearson 424 owners listserve'” <>
      Date: Monday, February 24, 2014, 3:24 PM

      An interesting notion point, Rich.
      Perhaps our boats have an offset shaft specifically to
      reduce prop walk in forward gear in order to lessen the need
      to compensate with the rudder.

      Tor

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    • February 24, 2014 at 10:13 pm #80660
      Tor
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      Norris,

      Sounds like you handled the situation perfectly. I’ve
      used the same technique at times. Tricky stuff with a
      host of variables. I often need a decent percentage of
      luck to pull it off.

      Tor

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    • February 25, 2014 at 12:56 am #80667
      quent
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      Could be worse. We once briefly owned a Newport 41. Nice boat, but the entire engine drive although aligned with the boat, was on the port side a couple feet off the centerline.
      Our first task was to take her out of a crowded marina. After a couple boat lenghts, she finally had enough speed on that she stopping turning to starboard, and my heart started beating again.
      Quent

    • February 25, 2014 at 1:23 am #80668
      Anonymous

      My 1935 Henry Gielow cutter FREELANCE had a 7 degree offset prop to port
      about a foot and a half off the center-line. A full 7 foot draft, 35′
      waterline, 38′ on deck and 50′ overall with a bowsprit and a
      boom-kin….talk to me about maneuvering a boat in tight quarters and I’d
      tell you…..no fricken way, I never even tried! Even getting to a fuel
      dock on many occasions was a mini nightmare if I had wind or current.

      Oh so looking forward to learn how to shuffle this baby around in tight
      quarters,
      Ken

      On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 7:56 PM, quent wrote:

      Could be worse. We once briefly owned a Newport 41. Nice boat, but the
      entire engine drive although aligned with the boat, was on the port side a
      couple feet off the centerline.
      Our first task was to take her out of a crowded marina. After a couple
      boat lenghts, she finally had enough speed on that she stopping turning to
      starboard, and my heart started beating again.
      Quent

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