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Old 06-14-2014, 05:51 AM   #17
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Re-reading the OP, it sounds like the boat doesn't have an autopilot or synchronizers. Crabbing, as described can be countered with rudder. Not sure what kind of cruising the OP plans on Lollygag, but an autopilot is a great tool. Especially one with a remote for lean back in the chair, feet on the helm luxo-cruising.

You really don't want to run the engines out of synch underway for any period of time. You can set up a vibration that way and it will typically be noisier too. On of the first things we do once in the fairway is turn the synchronizer on. Yeah, you can do it manually over time by listening and feel, made easier by calibrated tachs. The synchro is so much nicer, especially when you are in a mode of having to vary speed, or in a bad following sea and want to keep one hand on the wheel, such as coming in a nasty inlet.
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