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To: DarthVader

I don't think you can compensate for a fully swung rudder with off line thrust (at least not from a stern driven ship. I always wondered if they couldn't have blown the top off of the rudder pin and allowed it to fall away.


69 posted on 04/15/2005 5:24:41 AM PDT by SampleMan ("Yes I am drunk, very drunk. But you madam are ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober." WSC)
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To: SampleMan

The rudder was stuck between the center screw and the bottom.


71 posted on 04/15/2005 5:29:30 AM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrat = Fat, drunk and stupid is a hell of a way to go through life)
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