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Re: Russian Sailing Yacht "A"
[Re: TomSW]
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04/17/2019 06:59 AM
04/17/2019 06:59 AM
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Posts: 10,999 Macon, Georgia
GlennA
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Wartsila started installing DP systems on super yachts in 2000 and they appear to have become common about 2005 but they are primarily used for station keeping while waiting for bridges, dock space etc. They use way to much power for overnight use as a substitute for anchoring. They are however used with an anchor in a crossing swell situation to reduce power to the stabalizer system by maintaining heading into the swell.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain
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