That's what I thought until last year I spent a week fishing out of my uncles triton bass boat. And wen we set up to drift the first day. I was running the boat and had to fight to keep the boat sideways. So I said screw it and sat down next to him. Him in the drivers seat and me next to him in the passenger seat. Holding our poles out our sides. And drifted like that all week. I was amazed myself. I drift most every time I fish whether it be for crappie walleye or catfish. So I'm familiar with how things should work. Just didn't know y it was doing wat it did. Maybe low sided boat with a low sitting rear and a high sitting front would cause that.