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
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
Yes - but that's where you do > 98% of the damageI 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?
Yes - but that's where you do > 98% of the damage
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.
I couldn't agree more! Although I can park my boat with just the shifters, a thruster sure covers up those times of bad judgement.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.