Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 405
ith these special rudder plates, the boat canbe made to turn round and round; that is, with the rud-ders placed atright angles tothe axis of thekeel, and withthe engine run-ning full speed,the boat willstand perfectlystill; then, bychanging therudder platesslightly, theboat will turnaround in… … THE REVEBSING A.ND CONTROLRUDDER In this position the plates willquickly, reverse the position ofthe boat which a boat thus equipped could be handled,a motor boat twenty-five feet long was runinto a forty-foot slip full speed ahead, turnedaround, and brought out bow first withouttouching either…
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