Having all that power in your hands can be exhilarating. And with
the Inter Gulf more so since she had variable pitch, 84 inch props.
In anchor boats the throttles are air controlled and the delay
from forward to reverse is 8 to 10 seconds. With VP there is almost
no delay. So handling her was a dream. The delay factor was removed
from the equation and getting her to perform with all that power was
a rush when making up tow.
This is the old girl that was under me that towed the ARB-1 from Dubai
to Dammam, Saudi Arabia. I ran the lenght of the Persian Gulf several times.