Re: Lets cruise the Fraser river ( or the Tongass ).

I use boath on ship..all 3 engines ..
I use hydraockets bow and stern thrusters .
I run 3 shafts main 48 inch inline 10 rotors per shaft. 300,000 hp per
shaft max.
and 3 electric gen sets normal 1 runnng 2 backups. 277 hp each

The rotor has an advatage over waterrockets .
20 % of the energy and manovering to reverse.


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