Hi,
I'm the new owner of a well kept 73 E27 with a good running 94 Nissan 9.9 outboard installed in the stern cutout. So far I'm really happy with the boat with one exception. I have to enter my slip ass-end first and I can not get this boat to back worth a damn. When the motor is in reverse it pulls poorly and the stern always moves to port. Usually it pulls so poorly and slowly that the rudder is essentially non functional, and the cutout leaves too little room around the motor to rotate it to correct for the pull to port (tiller's in the way). In forward it works fine with no noticeable pull to either side. I've been manhandling the boat into the slip pushing with a boat hook and pulling on lines, but that's getting old fast. Am I missing some trick here? Any suggestions or ideas would be highly appreciated. Thanks
I'm the new owner of a well kept 73 E27 with a good running 94 Nissan 9.9 outboard installed in the stern cutout. So far I'm really happy with the boat with one exception. I have to enter my slip ass-end first and I can not get this boat to back worth a damn. When the motor is in reverse it pulls poorly and the stern always moves to port. Usually it pulls so poorly and slowly that the rudder is essentially non functional, and the cutout leaves too little room around the motor to rotate it to correct for the pull to port (tiller's in the way). In forward it works fine with no noticeable pull to either side. I've been manhandling the boat into the slip pushing with a boat hook and pulling on lines, but that's getting old fast. Am I missing some trick here? Any suggestions or ideas would be highly appreciated. Thanks