... An electric drive may be on par with the controlled
pitch for quick & easy reversing, but they're much less common... the
ones I know about have a bad reputation for being troublesome.


Nav wrote:
Well we disagree there. Look at all the boats in your boatyard -what %
do not use electric thrusters?

Ah, I see the problem. You're confused about the subject.

Again.

The discussion is not about aux thrusters, which can be a trivial
fraction of main engine horsepower, but rather the main propulsion itself.

DSK