The nuisance of a boat weathervaning in the wind

[rnvinc]

I don't see a way to edit my post or I would.

I just recalled something apropos to this! I was trying to put it together in my mind as to this distant memory of some kind of home-made keel or something you could stick down in the water. And then it came back to me that this was an idea for the same weathervaning problem I have had in my pond-jumper Pelican Bassraider 10e, a 10ft plastic boat. The idea was to affix a sort of keel on the troll motor shaft so that the front of the little boat would not weathervane as bad. This is what I recall anyway, lol. I don't know if "keel" is the proper word. Might be "stabilizer" or something, not sure of the boat term for this.!

I tried this idea of a keel attached the front and rear of the trolling motor shaft ... my thought was to be able to “steer” the boat while drifting backward with the trolling motor not running ...

It made my trolling motor (cable steer) so hard to turn I had to stand up to get enough pressure on the pedal to get the motor to steer ...

Rickie

[Tradbow]

I have this problem as most others in aluminum boats. Don’t know if glass boats are affected as much or not. Trolling with the wind toward my back or side causes the most problems for me. It is better if I leave the big motor down. Going into the wind is the best way for me to manage the problem.

[Foxy Jig]

big motor down and straight. troll into the wind if possible