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Old 04-15-2008, 08:17 PM
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Very ingenuitive. Though it looks like all steering is lost if the rudder is kicked to horizontal. ...
True, if the rudder is all the way to horizontal. But there's still controllable rudder in the water for most depths.
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Old 04-16-2008, 06:43 AM
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from pedigree cat site this bigger below transom cassette system of john shuttleworth
i was looking at, what would be a release force (and system) anyway, interesting!
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