Jim Logajan wrote:

However, it is probable that the paddle wheel ship simply didn't have the
right size paddles. Paddle wheels should be capable of efficiencies similar
to propellers - but it takes very large wheels.

Jim, Jim, Jim.... HOW can you set us up with a straight line like that?

1. "It's not the size of the wheels, it's how you use them."

2. "If they would have set up the wheels in a canard configuration, it
would have been more efficient."

:-)

Ron Wanttaja