I am pretty new at this (this is my first boat) and I am not sure why this happens and am probably doing something very basic wrong. When pulling away from the pier I need to turn immediately to port to go down the row of slips and get out of the marina. Leaving the pier at low speed I push the tiller and motor steering arm to starboard but the boat does not respond - simply does not turn to port - keeps moving forward - slowly. In order to avoid a collision I have to move tiller and motor steering hard to port at which point the boat seems to catch and turn immediately to the starboard - so I end up having to make a very tight loop before I can exit down the row. I have a 4 hp 2 stroke Johnson mounted on the port side of the tiller. I must be missing something. Any thoughts? John, Oregon