[alberg30] Rudder and Backing up

[FINNUS505 at aol.com]

From: FINNUS505 at aol.com

You want to talk about backing up problems in full keel boats?  Back in the 
early 70's my dad had a S&S Weekender, a 1939, 35 footer.  She was a great 
cruising boat, good sailor and pretty, but she had an off-center prop.  They 
did this so they could shove the engine even further aft in the cabin, and 
presumably iit was cheaper to instal, but what a bear to back up. Unless you 
were heading to the side that the prop came out of, just forget it!!!  But, 
being 12, and taking overnights with my dad on board, I still loved that 
boat.  He sold her to buy the P sloop, though, so that was OK.  That's 
another story.
Regards, friends,
Lee
Stargazer #255

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