Colvic Watson
Well-known member
Personally, I positively love a good bit of propwalk.
That's not the problem with long keelers, it's more about the unpredictability as to which way the stern is likely to go.
I swear that some of them really do have a mind of their own, and a very wicked sense of practical joking.
For some reason this year we're going backwards in a straight line - every time! Utterly predictable. I mean I say we're going backward in a straight line but that's all we're doing, we used to turn one way or the other now no matter what I do with the rudder we just go back straight. No changes except a new engine, so the boat decided that she's not for turning, in astern. Next year she may plan to always turn to port in astern, or flip over and do a somersault, who knows.