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)
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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