Last updated: 8/2008

or ashore
to understand the actions and results of rudder and throttle manipulation.
With this Flashbook method you can learn to control any twin screw vessel.ssel.
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Sample Pages
Table of Contents
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UNDERWAY
Course straight ahead
Gradual left turn rudder amidships
Gradual left turn applying left rudder
Rapid left turn engine rpm uneven
Gradual right turn rudder amidships
Gradual right turn applying left rudder
Rapid right turn engine rpm uneven
STOPPED
Rapid left turn
Rapid left turn applying left rudder
Rapid right turn
Rapid right turn applying right rudder

STOPPED MOVE VESSEL SIDEWAYS
Move to the left remaining parallel
Move to the right remaining parallel
BACKING
Straight back rudders amidships
Gradual to port rudders amidships
To port rudders hard left
Gradual to starboard rudder amidships
To starboard rudders hard right

About the Author : Captain Reichert has logged over 100,000 nautical miles operating twin screw vessels. During that time, he trained personnel to maneuver and safely operate commercial U.S. Coast Guard inspected and certified passenger vessles that had twin screws and twin rudders. It became obvious to him that the students did not understand what forces were being exerted beneath the vessel when a maneuver was being executed. It seemed that no matter how comprehensive the explanation, it had little or no meaning to the person involved. Captain Reichert drew a crude set of visual aids in the form of flash cards and sent them home with the students. Overnight the rate of improvement in every student was very noticeable and the students soon were maneuvering the vessel with much more accuracy and understanding.Several years and much thought later, Captain Reichert decided to improve upon his method and to offer it in the form of a FLASHBOOK for sale to the public. The simple, yet understandable form is a TUTOR for the beginner or the professional who constantly strives to hone his or her skills. The illustrations in the learning manual are plain and give the impression of looking down through a glass bottomed boat.

The explanations are simple and easy to understand. The FLASHBOOK is