Jzflorida wrote:
Thanks guys. I'm aware that I need the rudder to track on little longer distance or in windy /wavy conditions. But even without rudder it should track about straight. It literally makes circles of <100 feet diameter. With rudder I can go straight but as it needs to correct direction it looses speed, resulting in about 2.5 mph speed.
The key to using the rudder is to make tiny corrections, otherwise it will act a a brake. Our MO with regular old pointy fins goes 3.5 -3.9 mph (GPS) all day with little effort. And, no the boat won't track worth a flip with the rudder up.