Over the months we've had a lot of correspondence on the Aloha-List about the difficulty of steering some Aloha models in reverse, and whether they suffer more or less than other boats from "prop-walk". This trait can be used to advantage in some circumstances, and Dennis Clarke has sent in a copy of an excellent article on the subject. 

As Dennis says :- 
     "I saved this article from Cruising World March 1997 which seems to have been excerpted by them from Bareboat Cruising. It describes how to manoeuvre your boat in a tight turn. 
    The method works and is well suited to the Aloha 28 (8.5) with it's "hard to steer particularly in reverse" problems. I've tried it and practiced it so that I can now turn the boat 360 degrees in virtually it's own length. Well maybe that's stretching it a bit, but I can easily turn 360 within our slipway, and it's not THAT wide. 
     I thought it might help people in and out of those tight spots."

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