Twin Screw Tutor

The Simple Manual for Handling Twin Screw Boats
The Vessel Operators Guide
by Captain Charles J. Reichert

A simple & complete system used at the helm or ashore
to understand the actions and results of rudder and throttle manipulation.
With this Flashbook method you can learn to control any twin screw vessel.ssel.

Total 71 Pages Includes illustrations below plus more! UNDERWAY Course straight ahead Gradual left turn rudder amidships Gradual left turn applying left rudder Rapid left turn engine rpm uneven Gradual right turn rudder amidships Gradual right turn applying left rudder Rapid right turn engine rpm uneven         STOPPED Rapid left turn Rapid left turn applying left rudder Rapid right turn Rapid right turn applying right rudder STOPPED MOVE VESSEL SIDEWAYS Move to the left remaining parallel Move to the right remaining parallel BACKING Straight back rudders amidships Gradual to port rudders amidships To port rudders hard left Gradual to starboard rudder amidships To starboard rudders hard right

About the Author : Captain Reichert has logged over 100,000 nautical miles operating twin screw vessels. During that time, he trained personnel to maneuver and safely operate commercial U.S. Coast Guard inspected and certified passenger vessles that had twin screws and twin rudders.  It became obvious to him that the students did not understand what forces were being exerted beneath the vessel when a maneuver was being executed. It seemed that no matter how comprehensive the explanation, it had little or no meaning to the person involved.  Captain Reichert drew a crude set of visual aids in the form of flash cards and sent them home with the students. Overnight the rate of improvement in every student was very noticeable and the students soon were maneuvering the vessel with much more accuracy and understanding.Several years and much thought later, Captain Reichert decided to improve upon his method and to offer it in the form of a FLASHBOOK for sale to the public.  The simple, yet understandable form is a TUTOR for the beginner or the professional who constantly strives to hone his or her skills.  The illustrations in the learning manual are plain and give the impression of looking down through a glass bottomed boat.  

The explanations are simple and easy to understand.  The FLASHBOOK is easily used by one or two individuals at the same time and can vastly accelerate learning time.

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Our Dream was to build a boat and vacation on it! Not just any boat. We wanted to build a boat that could be trailered, have room and amenities to live aboard during vacation and use as a camper along the way.
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To the excitement of the Maiden Voyage!
That night the children wanted to sleep on the bow porch, which I agreed to.  I noticed as I went to bed that along the shoreline you could hear small minnows splashing.   So we fell asleep with a gentle rocking of the boat and the soothing splash of those minnows.  Around 4 A.M.  I awoke and noticed the splashing of the minnows was very close, so I tried to get up to investigate.   However, I couldn’t sit up, because the bow of the boat was angled down.   Still being half asleep, the thought came to me that I should not have let the kids sleep on the bow porch, because their weight was pulling the bow down.   Then I jolted awake with the realization that something was terribly wrong!

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