Bowthrusters

[Boathook]

Fitted a bow thruster on my 9m Cat a couple of years ago. Whilst the outboard turned the boat well (it was connected to the steering) the bow thruster now means I can turn in my own length and get into awkward areas when visiting marinas. It will push the bows through the wind (up to around 20 knots).

Overall it was one of my better additions to the boat !


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[SlowlyButSurely]

Surely the most useful function these things perform is to produce sound signals. ie.
Two short blasts = "I'm manouvering into a berth and I know what I'm doing so no problem".
Two or more long blasts = "I'm a boat owner with more money than experience at handling boats and I'm out of control and you'd better prepare to fend off" etc.

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[beachbum]

Non Sequitur

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How can those who ain't got one even begin to comment

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I haven't got bubonic plague, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it...

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[steve_cronin]

Naughty Cats

I doubt if there are many Nauticats without bowthrusters since they must handle like a block of flats on a skating rink in any sort of confined spaces in a blow! Vessels with more modest windage may just cope.

I never look forward to the last few yards of any trip back to our marina berth as the wind always blows the bow off just as I get her lined up.

However in the Med. I'm not sure that we could make do with only one water tank on our Bavaria 42 so prop wash, bursts of engine with the rudder at 45deg. and a little help from our friends will have to suffice.

Steve Cronin

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