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Old 06-30-2017, 03:20 PM   #4
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Twins will usually walk unless you have a fairly large keel. My President does not want to walk probably due to the deep keel. Planing hulls without keels will usually walk. By walking, people mean getting the boat to move sideways without a lot of forward movement. You put the helm hard over away from the desired walking direction. Then put the engine on the side you want to walk to in reverse and the other engine in forward. The forward engine prop discharge will hit the rudder trying to push the stern away while the engine in reverse will hold the stern from moving forward and the discharge current does not hit the rudder since the engine is in reverse. The result will be that the force left over will be a sideways force and the boat will "walk" in that direction. Hopefully I explained this ok. You just have to try it and see if your boat will walk or not. And if it will walk, how much throttle is needed and how much the boat does or does not move forward.
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