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Old 10-17-2014, 09:19 PM   #15
MikeM
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Vessel Name: Tuscan Sun
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Originally Posted by Donsan View Post
Are you certain the boat doesn't have hydraulic steering? It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to install hydraulics for a thruster and stabilizer. My suspicion is the engine at idle doesn't produce enough RPM's to run the hydraulics with the thruster on so they were off loaded to the generator. Perhaps, you should consider another boat or at least have the surveyor look at it.

I'm not sure about the steering. Looked like hydraulic, but broker says hynautic. I'll confirm if/when we do survey.
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