Question for Pro Angler 12/14 owners

[seriola_killer]

Originally Posted by dc1983

I picked up a Pro Angler 12 last weekend and have taken it out twice now. The first time it was calm out for most of the day and I had no trouble controlling my drift but when the wind picked up it was pretty hard to control. Then when I took it out today it was impossible to drift as the PA kept turning perpendicular to the wind and when I would try and peddle it took some time for it to start turning.

Now here is my question- How do you control the drift? Would a drift chute help? Anyone else notice the steering doesn't work very well, when the wind picks up.

Thanks

I control my drift (direction, not speed) using my rudder. My steering in my PA is all over the place regardless of wind. I'm always having to make rudder control adjustments on the water. Don't know if this is the norm, but I've only had it a relatively short time, so I just assumed it's the nature of the beast.

I see alot of the guys simply pointing into the wind and slightly pedalling. They seem to slow their drift that way.