What are the emergency procedures in case the wire snaps? On board anchor?,(reply>), The dam is upstream tho, near Rheinfelden. I don't think there is one at the french/german border downstream,(reply>), @Conrad van der Meer Rudders don't work if you are moving with the water - the boat is stationary in relation to the water.,(reply>), To Everyone stil wondering:<br><br>They do have a rudder for manouvering, which is used in daily service in combination with the cable-pole, such as breaking at the shore. <br><br>Also they have a small board motor on board, which is used not used in daily service. It is used if not anchored to the cable (e.g. going to the docks for overhaul/inspection). It also has some emergancy rowing rudders are on board.<br><br>So in an emergancy cable snap it would be:<br>1. Use onboard motor.<br> If that fails:<br>2. Use manouvering rudder to turn the boat down stream ( a 180 if you will) and then manouver it to the next best place/harbour. As soon as current allows it use the rowing rudders for propulsion.<br><br>There have been some cable snaps since 1857, but they are seldom and nowadays due to the small on board motor, its not a big hazzard anymore. They are very safe to use, and a cool way to enjoy Basel. <br><br>Cheers and stay save everyone.,(reply>), Everyone carries a passport in case, once they reach the North Sea, the next country they land in doesn't belong to the EU.,(reply>), I think Tom would just have that edge case just print an error to a file to review later.