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Chuck Gould Chuck Gould is offline
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Default High technology makes docking a lot easier! (Not thrusters!)


mgg wrote:
Drag a corner of the window to make it bigger if you need to, then pick a
player from the drop down list. Cool video of bow thrusters.

--Mike



Here's the interesting twist on this. The boat in the video has neither
bow nor stern thrusters.
The boat is equipped with the Volvo IPS drive system. (Forward facing
prop). Volvo has added a joystick that is operative under 1500 RPM, and
the joystick can direct the prop "pods" turn to essentially face one
another and make true lateral motion possible.