Watch the connection. Watch where your hands and the handle are when your legs are finished. You need to first bring the hands in sooner. Not faster; earlier. You may also need to "slow" the legs down. I don't mean pull lighter, I just mean to take your time with the legs. If they fire down right away, you've got nothing left for the rest of your drive.
Connection is extremely important in sculling. Your hands must work together, but they don't want to. Everyone feels stronger on one side or another. The only way to go straight is to use the legs. The legs will act as a link between the hands. If you are able to extract the blades as soon as the legs finish, you'll never get a blade "caught" and will be able to extract cleanly.
During some strokes, you shoot your slide. Your legs and seat are moving, but the handles are not. Handles must move with the seat. Otherwise you are using your legs, but your blades are not moving the boat.
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