This is throughly confusing.
Do not the propellers on the prop shafts push the boat along? What are the thrusters, more propellers? Does the boat have four propellers? Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > Ken- The way they would do it is have the prop > shaft turned by the diesel, then the thrusters > (NOT on the prop shaft) be turned by the moving > water and those would generate electricity. This > is MUCH more lossy that turning generators by the > diesel via a mechanical linkage which is what you > are talking about I think. > > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
