emoney
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Does anyone manufacture and sell a 'clamp' of sorts that would attach to
a stern hung rudder and an outboard engine? My thoughts are that in
tight manuveraing in marinas or in my case the channel behind the house,
having that extra control would make the boat turn in a tighter radius.
I've thought about just get two clamps with a 20" piece of 2" flat bar
in between them.
For clarity sake I'm wanting to control the direction of the outboard with
my rudder, in case that was confusing. Currently, the outboard is set in a
straight forward direction and the rudder does all the work. Since it's on the
starboard side of the rudder, it's not as responsive in tight turns. Our
docks are relatively close where I live with everyone practially "parallel parking". There's only about 4' - 5' of clearance between my bow pulpit and the neighbor's stern and about the same amount between my stern and lift. Inches matter in these situations so I thought my idea was logical. I'm sure after all these years and with all these handy people in the world, someone's already made a good design of this idea, I just haven't seen it yet.
a stern hung rudder and an outboard engine? My thoughts are that in
tight manuveraing in marinas or in my case the channel behind the house,
having that extra control would make the boat turn in a tighter radius.
I've thought about just get two clamps with a 20" piece of 2" flat bar
in between them.
For clarity sake I'm wanting to control the direction of the outboard with
my rudder, in case that was confusing. Currently, the outboard is set in a
straight forward direction and the rudder does all the work. Since it's on the
starboard side of the rudder, it's not as responsive in tight turns. Our
docks are relatively close where I live with everyone practially "parallel parking". There's only about 4' - 5' of clearance between my bow pulpit and the neighbor's stern and about the same amount between my stern and lift. Inches matter in these situations so I thought my idea was logical. I'm sure after all these years and with all these handy people in the world, someone's already made a good design of this idea, I just haven't seen it yet.