i'm going to back pedal on neutral helm being slow. my mind is seemingly stuck on my trimaran, where it certainly is. but on boats with two rotating foils, one could of course point them both in the same direction to counter sideslip. sorry for the brain fart.

ben
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--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, "bjarthur123" <bjarthur123@...> wrote:
> neutral helm seems very slow to me, as the rudders then don't counteract leeway. with independent rudders, one can use the aft one to counter weather helm, and the forward for lee helm. either way shifts the sideslip drag from the low-aspect inefficient hull to a high-aspect foil.