Do rowboats have rudders?

[Alphazero]

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Rudder? Rowboat? How would you go about using a rudder when you are alone in such a boat with both hands on the oars?

 

[Jugernot]

You do realize that in a boat, you sometime don't need to row and you can use the current as a propellant. If you want to steer using the current, use the rudder...

Simple really....

<----- Has no idea what he's talking about...

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
You do realize that in a boat, you sometime don't need to row and you can use the current as a propellant. If you want to steer using the current, use the rudder...

Simple really....

<----- Has no idea what he's talking about...

you can't steer a boat that isn't going faster or slower than the water it is sitting in.

 

[Placer14]

No it doesn't. You just row more on one side to turn. Simple really.

 

[Lvis]

Rudder? Rowboat? How would you go about using a rudder when you are alone in such a boat with both hands on the oars?

Probably using his feet, like a sea kayak.

 

[Jugernot]

Err... you can too steer it! You can guide it left or right down the river... I've done it many times.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: L vis

Rudder? Rowboat? How would you go about using a rudder when you are alone in such a boat with both hands on the oars?

Probably using his feet, like a sea kayak.

Exactly. There are pedals connected to a system of cables.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: L vis

Rudder? Rowboat? How would you go about using a rudder when you are alone in such a boat with both hands on the oars?

Probably using his feet, like a sea kayak.

Exactly. You got feet. Use them!

 

[Encryptic]

Rowboats don't have rudders. You control your direction by using the oars.

 

[neutralizer]

holy crap, i read that as "do rowboats have udders".........

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Err... you can too steer it! You can guide it left or right down the river... I've done it many times.

LOL, no you can't. Rudders only work when water is flowing past them and the redirection of the flow is what causes the change in heading. If you are drifting with the current, there is no flow. It would be like floating motionless in a lake and expecting to use the rudder to steer.

 

[JetsFanatic]

No the one I use :camera: