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sealine

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Hi all

I am thinking of getting a bow thruster fitted to my boat, can any formites recommend someone in the hamble area who fit them, the boat is an S28, I will be looking for the whole lot to be fitted and wired in, and any costings would be good. I know vetus do the unit (the 35) for £800 and the joy stick for £100, that leaves the fitting of the tunnel and wiring the unit in.
any suggestions wecome.

john
 
Hi. A guy from the Southampton area fitted my Vetus 55 unit to my 36 foot boat. He came well recommended and I am very pleased to pass this on. His name is Adrian Jones and his contact numbers are: 02380 406396 or 07798 647257. Good Luck.
 
Ha,ha
I know someone would put a link to the RYA, I have done all the training, but they cannot train you when you have a strong cross current, strong wind and trying to get into a gap with only 2 foot to spare,
ho the joys of boating!!!!!!
 
What on earth is it with some folks and bowthrusters? They make life easier, if you want to make life harder to show how good you are at handling the boat why not go the whole hog and go to one engine.

I have had a sternthruster fitted to my new boat and it is bl**dy marvellous. However skilled you are you can't hold the boat stationery against a pontoon with the engines alone. Reduces the stress of mooring enormously.
 
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However skilled you are you can't hold the boat stationery against a pontoon with the engines alone. Reduces the stress of mooring enormously.

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You should have seen the new Mercruiser system fitted to the Sealine SC29 at SIBS.
Joy stick that propelled the boat diagonally straight at the pontoon without any problem at all. And i had agreement from two very experienced skippers who happen to be forumites that the Sealine S29/SC29 were bitches to steer in any sort of windage.
 
I was serious. Went to SIBS partly to see own boat at show and partly to have a look at the new axius drive from mercruiser. According to the man on merc stand I would need new engines & drives, considering Rubber Duck has a five month old mercruiser set up on her, I thought two thrusters would do the same job. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Yes, Axius is petrol only at the moment isn't it? Diesel support coming sometime next year - but can it be retro-fitted? I guess it can point the legs in different directions, so would need something like the electric motors used on IPS setups?

Rick
 
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