Don’t get a sternthruster if you don’t have a bow thruster. I don’t see how it would help at all.Hi, I’m contemplating installing a stern thruster on my AquaStar 38, must be getting old as I’ve managed using the engines so far and installation of a bow thruster would be quite difficult.
Any recommendations good or bad please on manufacturer and models please?
cheers
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I would agree with Elesar, but if you are going to fit one I would second Ozzie, Nick Nutt at Thrusters Direct is very helpful.Hi, I’m contemplating installing a stern thruster on my AquaStar 38, must be getting old as I’ve managed using the engines so far and installation of a bow thruster would be quite difficult.
Any recommendations good or bad please on manufacturer and models please?
cheers
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Hi, I don’t have a bow thrusterDon’t get a sternthruster if you don’t have a bow thruster. I don’t see how it would help at all.
Don’t get a sternthruster if you don’t have a bow thruster. I don’t see how it would help at all.
Thanks Mike, to fit a bow thruster would mean stripping out the fore cabin berth and removing the water tank that sits under it. It would mean cutting down the SS water tank as well which is a lot of work which I don’t really want to do.Agree with that. Realistically a sternthruster cannot do anything that you can't already do with differential thrust of your engines. All it really does is give you a bit more finesse when you want to make small sideways movement of your stern and a sternthruster is certainly no substitute for a bowthruster
I would certainly recommend investigating fitment of a bowthruster first before even thinking about a sternthruster. Who's told you a bowthruster cannot be fitted in your boat and why?
I had a Side-Power bowthruster fitted by this company many years ago and was very pleased with their work. Worth giving them a call for advice
Sleipner Side-Power Bow Thrusters — Osmotech
PS Very nice boat btw!
Thanks Mike, to fit a bow thruster would mean stripping out the fore cabin berth and removing the water tank that sits under it. It would mean cutting down the SS water tank as well which is a lot of work which I don’t really want to do.
sometimes I just need a little help swinging her stern if there’s wind or tide and stern thruster seems the least impact option.
after a couple of years I ventured down in the steering flat and realised the sternthruster had been soaked in salt water.
I used to fit sternthrusters. Never did one without a dry enclosure. It’s doomed without.That is certainly a problem with sternthrusters. Because the motors sit low and aft they tend to get splashed with salt water from the bilges regularly. I've had problems with my sternthruster motor because of that. I had it rebuilt once after it failed and then it failed again so I ended up replacing it completely and building a grp dam around it in an attempt to keep it drier
A Lot of AS 38's have bow and stern thrusters I Have Sleipner Sidepower on my AS48 the Sternthruster is great.
This is an AS 38 we lifted last week with both.
I would be happy to talk to you about fitting one or Both at M&G in Guernsey at M&G give me a bell with your mob or email and I will give you a call.
I used to fit sternthrusters. Never did one without a dry enclosure. It’s doomed without.
Sleipner demand it for their warrantee.