Here’s one for you, Tubs: Many of us have probably heard about the new, large outboard boats that have joystick control. The boat can spin on a dime and go 100% directly sideways. Well, sure; there are computers involved; but ultimately, it’s all about vectored thrust. The basic idea of going sideways necessitates that the engines are toed in considerably, with one in forward and one in reverse. Like you, I have two 1960 Evinrude 3’s. I put them both on my aluminum boat, as far apart as I could. Then I turned one around, for reverse, put the other one ahead and after some finagling with the angles and the throttles, I got my little boat to go directly SIDEWAYS, just like the big boats I work on. I thought it was a pretty neat trick. You should try it!
Long live American manufacturing!
