The original problem reported was the Newport 41's stern wants to go to starboard when the skipper wants it to go to Port. If the prop is indeed Right Handed, the stern should walk to port when you give it a short burst of throttle in reverse. Curious why that is not happening for you. Is the prop shaft offset or on centerline?
One trick I learned when maneuvering in tight spots is never leave the shifter in gear. Steer with rudder. I maneuver my 36 footer with short bursts of power and shift into neutral while the boat coasts in and out of the slip, so I have little propwalk. I would encourage the skipper to turn his wheel to port before backing and once he has docklines off, get the boat moving back using short bursts of power. The keel should follow the rudder, the bow follows the keel. You can practice how much throttle to use when you get away from the docks and traffic, somewhere safe like next to a buoy as a reference. > On January 24, 2019 at 5:39 PM Nathan Post via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > On my 34 I found I have a lot of prop walk in reverse (worse than other > boats I have helmed - probably due to the two blade folding prop). I had a > slip last summer that only made sense to go in forward (we only have a gate > on starboard and the finger to starboard). I tried a strategy that was > discussed on the list last summer and found that it worked really well for me > because I could get the boat moving backwards and get steerage before putting > it in reverse: > > 1) take a long spring line from the bow and loop it around a dock cleat > near the stern and take it back up on deck to my primary winch and cleat it. > 2) Put the engine in gear forward and adjust the helm to hold the bow in > place and remove all other dock lines (the engine and spring line hold the > boat in place). > 3) With all crew on board, put engine in neutral, center the helm, and > start pulling the spring line in the cockpit (around the winch). This gets > the boat moving backwards. Keep pulling until the cleat on the dock is even > with the winch and then flip the line off the cleat. > 4) once the line is off the cleat with the boat already moving back I can > put her in reverse and accelerate backwards. > This works for single handing and with a crew managing the spring line - > avoids having an inexperienced crew trying to jump on board after the boat is > moving. > > Having the boat moving so the rudder is working as a foil before putting > it in reverse was the key to avoiding the stern going sideways into my > neighbor rather than backwards. > > Nathan Post > S/V Wisper, 1981 C&C34 > Malden MA > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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