With 'ERIKA' everything started.
Intended to be a 'real steam'- model, it was fitted with a thrust reversing rudder to avoid reversing the engine.
To maneuver in a small pond, some kind of bow thruster was needed. All should technically fit into the early 1900s.
A modern propeller- bow thruster is not realistic for that period. A paddle wheel is.
This is the thrust reversing rudder:
This is the paddle wheel bow thruster:
casting off with the bow thruster
using the bow thruster
breaking
left bow thruster during cruise
reverse