prop wash... pointing in wrong direction????

[ddmracing05]

Today I noticed I had to turn my steering wheel alot more to the left than usual to stay straight. Dad looked back later that day and noticed that the prop wash was POINTING kinda to the right looking back at the boat. kinda weird. Ill have to get a pic one of these days. Also the prop, all the wash goes to the left but the actual wash is pointing to the right.

[hoopykat]

Didn't hit anything with the prop, didja?

-Mike

[talltigeguy]

I can't imagine anything that would cause the wash to be off center unless there is something fighting the rudder, like a bent tracking fin.

Maybe the steering cable is stretching? But that would not cause the wash to stretch out sideways, just the steering to be off center.

[billspin]

You did disconnect the trailer, right?

[ddmracing05]

lol yes I disconnected the trailer. We do have a bent fin but the way its sitting it doesnt and never have affected anything ever since we bought it about a year ago. We didnt hit anything that I know of besides maybe acouple twigs but nothing that would even scratch the boat.beats me though.

[mtnsmith]

Do you have an older taps with two hydraulic rams? Maybe only one was going down tweaking the taps plate??? Not sure how feasable this is on our boats, but I've seen it with big trim tabs on yachts that have two hydraulic rams.

[dogbert]

Do you have an older taps with two hydraulic rams? Maybe only one was going down tweaking the taps plate??? Not sure how feasable this is on our boats, but I've seen it with big trim tabs on yachts that have two hydraulic rams.

You'd have to have bent the TAPS plate for that to happen. My guess it's the bent fin and now he's got to overcompensate with the rudder.