Hi Jrc
I think you want to "make pass a oil tanker in the thames river at Teddington"
1st, yes Jim Perkins is (by now) the most reliable (and the most honest) British I met!
2nd, you can get reverse power, or as we say PTO (power take off) by putting the extended shaft attached in the crank gear, instead of cam gear.
As far as my Petter studies reaches, I didn't find, so far, any reverse Petter, but.... we never know!
Just my 5 cents!
BR
VP
PS: My apologies I found one vid with a reverse rotation, see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHnfOdF6q_QPS2: and I also find a moron:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br7dalliJZk