Command performance: Twin Disc: electronic controls from the gears up
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The Twin Disc Power Commander ($5,000) has a control station on deck and an electronic control/actuator connected to the engine. The system acts as an electronic automatic transmission to prevent damage to gears and is especially recommended for yachts with trolling valves.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1995
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Hickman revisited
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Albert Hickman designed a Sea Sled boat in the 1920s which was described as a combination of a duck boat and a catamaran. A prototype of the craft proved to be unworthy and uncontrollable. It is suspected that the prototype was chopped and used as firewood.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1998
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First command revisited: searching for the fountain of youth usually reveals your age
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A boater shares his memories of his first boat, an all-fiberglass 13' Whaler. Built in the 1960s, the boat is small, unpowered and uncomfortable but it gave him the best ride of his life.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1996
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