And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It always makes me laugh about how relatively fancy a tugboat design can be but they still use tires as bumpers. But I bet they are super expensive tires. At least if our fastidious government is involved.
If you haven't researched the modern systems of propulsion of the new tugboats made today you should. They're flat out amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe hull shape makes me think that is a Voith Schneider cycloidal drive tug. You don't get much more manueverable
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It always makes me laugh about how relatively fancy a tugboat design can be but they still use tires as bumpers. But I bet they are super expensive tires. At least if our fastidious government is involved.
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