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thanks for that Marv....Steam is a wonderous terrible thing isn't it!?
On Sabino...the engine room was run via a bell code. Without going into that story...there was one code that meant "Emergency Astern" The command amounted to taking the reversing lever and throughing the engine into astern while at full throttle ahead. Full Ahead to Full astern in about 1-2 seconds. never even touching the throttle!That with a 48" diameter 4 blade bronze prop that weighs over 500 pounds turning at 150 rpm......if the 3.5" prop shaft doesn't break....your going backwards.....