That's awesome stuff! It makes sense, but I had no idea the top RPM
was so low. Throwing a rod has new meaning to me now.  ;)

re: manoeuvring. Any time I was out sailing with my bud in his
Catalina, we were always wary of the freighters and cruise ships. When
they were spied, we got out of the way asap. Certainly no shortage of
them coming in/out of the port of Vancouver BC.

From my house, I can hear the ships honking, sometimes relentlessly
and furiously, at dummies floating around in their boats. Some people,
who are actually at helm, have NO idea just how important it is to get
the heck out of the way asap, and that these ships have the right of
way.

Neil.

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:24 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 05:21 PM 4/19/2013, Jim Felder wrote:
>>
>> http://www.vincelewis.net/bigengine.html

> through the water at a given speed or punch through the wind.  But
> acceleration is derisory, and stopping and turning distances are
> given in miles.  The result is extraordinarily cheap shipping in bulk
> or in container lots - and big consequences in an accident.

--
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