Post by bargemast on Jan 28, 2018 11:30:31 GMT
Here is a short video of the view of a wheelhouse with all the controls of a big Rhine cruise ship, here on the river Danube.
You can see that there's no-or only very little physical effort needed to steer a ship like this, but it can be very stressful if there's a lot of other traffic, or a strong flow going, as the Rhine and Danube can be very busy, and there are lots of places on these seemingly wide rivers where it isn't deep enough to pass, so you'll have to be concentrated for 100% under all circumstances.
Peter.
You can see that there's no-or only very little physical effort needed to steer a ship like this, but it can be very stressful if there's a lot of other traffic, or a strong flow going, as the Rhine and Danube can be very busy, and there are lots of places on these seemingly wide rivers where it isn't deep enough to pass, so you'll have to be concentrated for 100% under all circumstances.
Peter.
