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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The prop walk is in real terms only noticible for a
few seconds. Once the boat starts moving to where it has steerage the
rudder can overcome the effect. When wind is added to the equation, most
sailboats will tend to back into the wind, unless you have a fair amount of
sternway built up. At this point you have to keep good control of the
tiller or you can have the rudder slam hard over, and perhaps breaking
something. When backing you want to keep the rudder fairly close to
amidships to keep from over loading the pintals. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim Davis<BR>Isa Lei<BR>A30
240</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>