A lifeboat using a hand-propelled system is propelled by pulling the lever handles in which directions?

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A lifeboat using a hand-propelled system is propelled by pulling the lever handles in which directions?

A lifeboat’s hand-propelled system is driven by pulling the lever handles along the boat’s length so their motion powers a drive mechanism that turns the propeller and pushes water backward. When you pull the handles fore and aft—toward the bow and toward the stern—the torque generated moves the propeller in the proper direction, producing forward thrust. Pulling side to side or up and down wouldn’t engage the drive correctly and wouldn’t create forward movement.

A lifeboat’s hand-propelled system is driven by pulling the lever handles along the boat’s length so their motion powers a drive mechanism that turns the propeller and pushes water backward. When you pull the handles fore and aft—toward the bow and toward the stern—the torque generated moves the propeller in the proper direction, producing forward thrust. Pulling side to side or up and down wouldn’t engage the drive correctly and wouldn’t create forward movement.

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