View Poll Results: Bow and / or stern thrusters?
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No thrusters
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36 |
33.03% |
Bow thruster
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29 |
26.61% |
Bow thruster variable speed
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2 |
1.83% |
Stern thruster
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7 |
6.42% |
Stern thruster variable speed
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1 |
0.92% |
Bow and stern thruster
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25 |
22.94% |
Bow and stern thruster variable speed
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4 |
3.67% |
I have thruster Lust
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5 |
4.59% |
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03-27-2017, 08:48 AM
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#1
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,818
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Bow and / or Stern Thrusters?
Do you have a bow and / or a stern thruster on your boat? Are they variable speed?
Ted
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Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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03-27-2017, 09:02 AM
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#2
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Guru
City: North Charleston, SC
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 4,869
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It looks like 100% of us have bow thrusters!
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03-27-2017, 09:16 AM
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#3
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Wannabe
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Name: Stillwater
Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 782
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Hydraulic bow thruster two speed. Yes, that's two speeds in each direction - not counting each direction as a speed!
It's been misbehaving for over a year now and I haven't found a hydraulics guy to fix it. As a result I'm running my single prop boat without it.
Richard
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03-27-2017, 09:21 AM
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#4
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Guru
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,274
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This boat will be our first with thrusters!
Bow and stern please...
When we saw all of that windage we felt that even if we were very, very good boat handlers, the thrusters would be great to have at times.
Bruce
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03-27-2017, 09:30 AM
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#5
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Guru
City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,818
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When I got my boat, I named the bow thruster Lucille. From the Kenny Rogers song, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille......". Got really good at docking without it......not by choice. Reworked it during my refit, but still have an inherent distrust for it. Try to avoid getting into situations where I'm dependent on it.
Ted
__________________
Blog: mvslowhand.com
I'm tired of fast moves, I've got a slow groove, on my mind.....
I want to spend some time, Not come and go in a heated rush.....
"Slow Hand" by The Pointer Sisters
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03-27-2017, 09:36 AM
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#6
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Guru
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 1,274
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Quote:
Originally Posted by O C Diver
When I got my boat, I named the bow thruster Lucille. From the Kenny Rogers song, "You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille......". Got really good at docking without it......not by choice. Reworked it during my refit, but still have an inherent distrust for it. Try to avoid getting into situations where I'm dependent on it.
Ted
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I just snorted coffee through my nose reading that!
I'm guessing that we will be out there practicing as soon as we get the boat.
Thanks,
Bruce
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03-27-2017, 08:20 PM
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#7
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Guru
City: Miami River
Vessel Name: Gotcha
Vessel Model: Grand Banks. Heritage. 54
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,988
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This new boat had pods so I'm told thrusters are necessary. Nope, it would be nice to have them too.
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03-27-2017, 08:32 PM
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#8
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Guru
City: Quebec
Vessel Name: Bleuvet
Vessel Model: Custom Built
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 4,374
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I have bow thruster but barely use it. I try to improve my handling skills as much as possible and keep the thruster for emergency when I am screwing up. During one season as green wood I used it less than 10 times and hopefully will not need to one day as it would mean my skills improved
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03-27-2017, 08:51 PM
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#9
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Technical Guru
City: Wilmington, NC
Vessel Name: Louisa
Vessel Model: Custom Built 38
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,194
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Single screw boat, single speed bow thruster. No stern thruster. Happy with the arrangement.
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03-27-2017, 09:32 PM
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#10
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Guru
City: Gig Harbor
Vessel Name: Kinship
Vessel Model: North Pacific 43
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 9,046
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lou_tribal
I have bow thruster but barely use it. I try to improve my handling skills as much as possible and keep the thruster for emergency when I am screwing up. During one season as green wood I used it less than 10 times and hopefully will not need to one day as it would mean my skills improved
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I power up my thrusters before leaving or coming into a dock. I also pulse them to ensure they work. Then I do my best to not use them. However, I am very happy to use them if they provide a convenience.
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03-27-2017, 09:57 PM
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#11
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,569
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I don't have any thrusters. I'd like a bow thruster, but not sure its worth it. I mean you only need it while docking, which is what <2% of the time spent boating?
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03-27-2017, 10:08 PM
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#12
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Wannabe
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Name: Stillwater
Vessel Model: Kadey-Krogen 54
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 782
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dhmeissner
I don't have any thrusters. I'd like a bow thruster, but not sure its worth it. I mean you only need it while docking, which is what <2% of the time spent boating?
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Yes - but that's where you do > 98% of the damage
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03-27-2017, 10:14 PM
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#13
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Guru
City: st pete
Vessel Model: 430 Mainship
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,483
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The poll didn't mention if you HAVE or WANTED bow or stern thrusters. And the poll didn't qualify single engine or twin engine operation. Huge differences.
I could always argue for a bow thruster, no matter what you have. Very helpful, but not a solution for everything.
If you're a single, a bow and stern are very nice. Again, not a solution for everything, but a HUGE benefit.
It all depends....
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Seevee
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03-27-2017, 11:02 PM
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#14
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Guru
City: Port Townsend
Vessel Name: The Promise
Vessel Model: Roughwater 35
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,569
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Britannia
Yes - but that's where you do > 98% of the damage
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Haha, point taken!
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03-28-2017, 12:27 AM
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#15
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Senior Member
City: Anacortes
Vessel Name: Selah
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 40
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 315
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Single-speed Sidepower bow thuster. Contemplating adding a stern thruster and converting to variable-speed as we get older to allow the Admiral to open the boarding door and step over the steel-tube bull rail on the Customs dock at Friday Harbor. No cleats means no spring lines.
Then again, Nexus/SVRS would be cheaper.
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03-28-2017, 12:44 AM
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#16
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 5,438
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1 boat 82' with bow and stern, hydraulic, single speed.
Rarely use the bow thruster.
Never use the stern thruster for docking.
The other boat 50'. No thrusters. Don't need them.
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03-28-2017, 01:39 AM
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#17
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
Vessel Model: Integrity 386
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 13,293
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None, but close to adding a bowthruster to complement the twins, for our dock and the prevailing wind.
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BruceK
2005 Integrity 386 "Sojourn"
Sydney Australia
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03-28-2017, 02:14 AM
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#18
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TF Site Team
City: Brisbane
Vessel Name: Insequent
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 50 Mk I
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 4,260
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Only bow thruster at present. At 8HP it was the largest 12V Lewmar model. But its too small when you really need it, with cross winds.
Docking in the river is tricky, and I invariably time arrival and departure for slack tide. I am typically solo, and not keen on hopping onto the finger to secure docklines when the current can move the boat away from me.
I need to go along a relatively narrow fairway across the current, then make a 90° turn to my berth. Ideally I would have a stern thruster and simply use the thrusters to move sideways along the fairway while keeping bow aligned with the current. I might yet install hydraulic bow and stern thrusters. But I would still have the current issue. So I need a joystick control as well, which would need new transmissions.... Or continue as is, always knowing when slack water is, and spent as much of the year as I can cruising.
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Brian
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03-28-2017, 02:34 AM
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#19
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Senior Member
City: Tasmania
Vessel Model: Old Town Loon
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 218
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We have bow and stern thrusters and use them often for a number of reasons. I agree that one should be able to manuver without them and can but they make it so much easier in a breeze if you have a lot of windage. Using them frequently will also help keep them clean.
I have found only those without them will tell you they are not worth while.
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03-28-2017, 03:57 AM
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#20
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Guru
City: Queensland
Vessel Model: Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 5,482
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No thrusters on ours and no steerage or prop walk in reverse due to a Kortz nozzle.
We do get instant rudder response in fwd due to the Kortz nozzle.
I would like a stern thruster to shift the bum around and no need to chop a hole through hull planking to do it.
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