Propellers

[Smoggy]

13 hours ago, FlyingFortress said:

Outward or Inward turner's Smoggy?

Outward at the top going forward.

[FlyingFortress]

59 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

Outward at the top going forward.

That is the more conventional/European way of doing things. The Americans tend to go with inward turning but one benefit is you can walk a vessel sideways with complete control without tide or bow thruster. A very neat trick that was shown to me when I had to take out a 4 screw crew boat out to an oil rig inThe Caspian Sea. The outboard props were outward turning and the inboard props inward. My natural instinct was to use the outboard props for manoeuvring to give me the best twin screw effect. I was shown that by using the inboard props and a combination of rudder (one for each prop) I could control the sideways movement of the bow with the props and the stern with the rudders. Fore and aft movement was controlled with variations of the throttles.

Very neat.

The reason I asked was if you had the American system I could have shown you this very neat trick.