On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:49:12 GMT, Tom Francis wrote:

On 10 Oct 2006 18:46:48 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/n3pby

I saw a guy with what had to be a 60 foot Bernali or one of those
Italian fancy yachts put that sum-bitch into a 62 foot space at the
Norwalk Boat Show a couple of years ago.

It was a jet drive to boot. The Captain stopped the boat dead in the
water and the stern drives must have been 90 degree jets because the
boat just started moving sideways slick as can be. There couldn't
have been a foot either bow or stern when he finished.

Those thrusters are WAY cool.

Which brings up an interesting sea tale.

I did something similar once with the trolling motor on my Ranger.
Being a stick steer, it's pretty much a 360 degree bow thruster. I
stood in the bow and a friend of mine was at the wheel - we tried it
just for giggles.

It worked sort of - communications was a bit of a problem, but once we
got used to it, we could do it without much speaking.

I wonder if I could rig up a servo system for the trolling motor?

Hmmmmm - winter project maybe. :)

Name change while I was gone? My youngest brother is named Thomas Francis.