The ferries across the river in Basel are interesting. They get their power from the current; a cable connects the vessel through a block (pulley) to another cable stretched across the river. Using a rudder to keep the hull at an angle to the currrent, the boat moves across the river.
The vessel under way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204533&size=lg And the grizzled old skipper guiding ours: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204543&size=lg Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
