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Posted by member Martin Cadman on Thursday 13 January 2011
Instead of having the engine in neutral use minumim revs. Bring the speed right down before the mooring and then bursts of min. revs to maintain a water flow will help maintain steerage. Ensure you're heading into the current if possible will also give you water flow. Don't discount coming astern into the berth if this means you're backing into the wind. ( We berth 200K vessels using burst of engine power to maintain steerage, although we also utilise a 70BHP tug down aft to ensure that we're not gaining excessive headway!)
Rgds.
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Posted by member Damian on Wednesday 1 September 2010
Fit a Ruddersafe bracket to the engine. These are a spring loaded attachment to the cavitation plate of your outboard that deploy when the boat slows down to 4 knots. The prop wash over this attachment provides additional and effective steering at low speeds. I have one fitted to my Hardy 20 River Pilot and it transforms the steering at low speeds. Price around £140 but cheaper on e bay. See one at the the Shetland Owners Association website by clicking on to the gallery-maintenance & diy page and scrolling down to the ruddersafe bit.
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Posted by member Aad Mulder on Tuesday 17 August 2010
Hi there,
I own a Fp 20 and am very happy with it.The only thing, when in neutral position of the engine(when mooring) there is no steering possibility. Has any one installed a kind of rudder and if so could he/she give me some advice, preferably with photo's?
Kind regards,
Aad Mulder.
aadmulder@hetnet.nl
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