Posted by Dan Lind on September 08, 2002 at 20:30:47 from 24.76.194.237 user captain.
In Reply to: Re: Racundra - comments by Adlard Coles posted by Andrew Crai-Bennett on September 08, 2002 at 19:26:34:
Thank you, Andrew: Quite a machine! I wonder if one had to shut it down and then restart it in the opposite direction when one wanted to reverse. I know that was done on heavy, old towboats here on the west coast.
Peter H. was asking about double enders. As far as I know, a double ender is pointed at both ends with the forward end being more pointy than the aft end. Here, a double ender is often said to have a canoe stern. My Taiwan-built cutter was a double ender, and at 20,000 pounds displacement, considered heavy.