On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:14:03 +0100, "Edgar"
wrote:

If you are in a VLCC with six miles stopping distance it is quite a
different ball game.

When someone falls over the side you put the rudder hard over, leaving
the engine alone. You make a circle a mile in diameter and are down to
three knots when you get back to the spot.

Casady