How Do Motorless Ferries Work? (Spoiler: Two Bits Of Wire & The Laws Of Physics)

The Swiss city of Basel is home to four little ferries that have been shuttling across the river Rhine every day since the 1800s. But unlike most ferries, they have no engines. Or paddles. Or even sails. So how exactly do they work? I went to Switzerland to find out more... INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ FURTHER INFO The Basel ferries on www.basel.com - https://www.basel.com/en/activities-excursions/ferries Reaction ferries on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_ferry Tom Scott's excellent video on the same subject - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6utGZQ9Sks