"Kind of like why are cars trucks excetra have the front wheels do the change in direction and not the rear,its more preciese ,can you imagine how difficult it would be if all cars steared like a boat/sub!Forward control verticle serfaces are more preciese no matter what vessel you are driving."

The reason why cars and trucks steer from the front is that ON DRY LAND steering from the front is much more responsive. This does not hold true for vessels in the water, however. Have you ever noticed that ALL rudders are mounted in the rear of any vessel that moves on or under the water? Have you ever seen a submarine that DOES NOT HAVE STERN PLANES? Have you ever noticed that while a great many submarines have "disappearing" bow planes NONE have disappearing stern planes? Or no stern planes at all? Do you think that maybe there's a reason for that?

You're constantly saying "the way the big boys do it" (or words to that effect). Why not in this case?

In a previous post, you suggested that I take the bow planes off and see how my boat performs. Well, if you had been reading my posts, you would have seen where I have done that many times with ABSOLUTELY NO ILL EFFECTS.

We'll have to let pl_09 step in here for verification but, judging from the movie, I would say that only the bow planes are used, not stern planes.

Skip Asay