Bowthruster - installation cost?

[l'escargot]

Anyone got a ballpark figure for having a bow thruster fitted professionally to a 38 foot sailing boat?

 

[Elessar]

£2.7-3.2k

bits are £1.8-2.2K depending on if you go for an SE60 that you're on the upper end of, or an SE80.

 

[Flossdog]

Had a verbal quote from Windjammer Marine in Milford for labour only of £800-900. Parts from Lewmar would be about £1200, so about £2k or a little over. This for a 37ft boat.

 

[yodave]

Ballpark? £3k

 

[l'escargot]

Thanks

 

[Elessar]

Had a verbal quote from Windjammer Marine in Milford for labour only of £800-900. Parts from Lewmar would be about £1200, so about £2k or a little over. This for a 37ft boat.

if you can get the bits for £1200, please tell me where to get them. Labour price low but credible.

 

[charles_reed]

if you can get the bits for £1200, please tell me where to get them. Labour price low but credible.

Wales tends to be more reasonably priced than the S coast - I've found that for many items over a considerable period.

 

[Elessar]

Wales tends to be more reasonably priced than the S coast - I've found that for many items over a considerable period.

still happy to drive there to get bowthruster bits at that price - I don't believe they can be sourced for £1200.

 

[Flossdog]

Hi Elessar, try Force4,
http://www.force4.co.uk/10469/Lewmar-185TT-3KW-Bow-Thruster-Kit.html
Not the biggest bow thruster in the world but big enough for my boat.

 

[Elessar]

Hi Elessar, try Force4,
http://www.force4.co.uk/10469/Lewmar-185TT-3KW-Bow-Thruster-Kit.html
Not the biggest bow thruster in the world but big enough for my boat.

OK, you need to add

Tunnel £200
Grp supplies for glassing in tunnel ??£50
Battery £100
Battery box £20
High current voltage sensitive relay £80
Control cable from switch to thruster £25
Fuse block each end for charging cable £20 x 2
80A cable from house (or engine) battery to thruster battery ?? £40

 

[Elessar]

£2.7-3.2k

bits are £1.8-2.2K depending on if you go for an SE60 that you're on the upper end of, or an SE80.

oops the £1.8-£2.2k is plus vat sorry for the schoolboy error.

 

[pheran]

£2.7-3.2k

bits are £1.8-2.2K depending on if you go for an SE60 that you're on the upper end of, or an SE80.

In that case, go for the larger one. You'll regret not doing so the first time you have to use it in anything of a cross-wind if you don't.

 

[Carl s]

Some of the prices being quoted seem very cheap,must agree with pheran,get the most powerfull you can afford,you will be gratefull for that in a bad wind, other things to consider, haul out ,ground rent ,epoxy,electrician,A good boat builder I know allows 15- 20 hours worth of work to install one propperly,deppending on boat,( bigger generally being easier }Slipener pretty good,the remote is great. For short handed ,with a difficult to handel boat in confined spaces,they are a god send to get you out of trouble, you will find that normally try to manouver with out using it , but knowing its there takes a lot of pressure off
good luck.

 

[Elessar]

Yes I absolutely agree as they both have the same size tunnel, the 80 is just a twin prop with a bigger motor.

In, say, a 32 ft when choosing between a 40 and a 60, the choice is much harder as the 40 only has a 125mm tunnel. This means you can get it further forward which makes it more effective as the lever is bigger............