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Ummmm.........No
Ummmm.........No
Bow Thrusters
- Thread starter rrio
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SLW, I am with you, tried to explain this several times, futile.
I can get into a spot on the wall with exactly that maneuver which you simply cannot without the thruster. The only way to get in would be to throw lines and have the boat pulled in sideways. The same way when leaving a spot like that. People are amazed when you make the boat go side ways without any lateral movement.
It is not more to handle then fender, lines, rudder, throttle and gears Pascal and I can do that alone without anybody’s help, ahhhhhhhhhh shussshhh useless discussion, but back to the worthwile investment in a 26 footer, I think not, that is just me.
I can get into a spot on the wall with exactly that maneuver which you simply cannot without the thruster. The only way to get in would be to throw lines and have the boat pulled in sideways. The same way when leaving a spot like that. People are amazed when you make the boat go side ways without any lateral movement.
It is not more to handle then fender, lines, rudder, throttle and gears Pascal and I can do that alone without anybody’s help, ahhhhhhhhhh shussshhh useless discussion, but back to the worthwile investment in a 26 footer, I think not, that is just me.
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"The only way to get in would be to throw lines and have the boat pulled in sideways"
nope... come in at an angle, throw a spring line from the bow around a cleat, tie the bitter end back, rudders away from dock, slow forward and the boat comes alongside smoothly in little more than its own length.
Now, I'll admit that I am lucky to have a lower helm with side doors putting me jsut a few steps from the spring line. if i didn't have that and needed to single hand, maybe i'll get a thruster ! but wait... so you bring the boat along side with no lines, with the thruster... what happened by the time you've left the helm and got around or below to the lines and the wind is blowing you off the dock. with any decent breeze (15kts+) by that time, you'll be 2 or 3 ft away already.. so yo have to throw the line anyway, rush back to the helm, use the thruster.. go back to shorten the line, etc... not that much easier than using a spring line in the first place...
obviously i'm talking larger boats, 40+ which you're not going to manually pull sideways against the wind.
nope... come in at an angle, throw a spring line from the bow around a cleat, tie the bitter end back, rudders away from dock, slow forward and the boat comes alongside smoothly in little more than its own length.
Now, I'll admit that I am lucky to have a lower helm with side doors putting me jsut a few steps from the spring line. if i didn't have that and needed to single hand, maybe i'll get a thruster ! but wait... so you bring the boat along side with no lines, with the thruster... what happened by the time you've left the helm and got around or below to the lines and the wind is blowing you off the dock. with any decent breeze (15kts+) by that time, you'll be 2 or 3 ft away already.. so yo have to throw the line anyway, rush back to the helm, use the thruster.. go back to shorten the line, etc... not that much easier than using a spring line in the first place...
obviously i'm talking larger boats, 40+ which you're not going to manually pull sideways against the wind.
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i guess, i'll have to capture my helmcam images the next time it happens I've actually gotten in less than that... one day a guy refused to move his boat a few feet to make some room, i got in with my anchor above his transom
I've actually gotten in less than that... one day a guy refused to move his boat a few feet to make some room, i got in with my anchor above his transom - Joined
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"You are not getting into these spots unless you have a thrusters or IPS."
Wrong. With spring lines you can get in a space that tight - patience and practice is all it takes.
Wrong. With spring lines you can get in a space that tight - patience and practice is all it takes.