I've done a 180 with the 220 in a 60 foot wide bayou. Use to bring all
the fuel to Southern Pacific Railroad up Buffalo Bayou close to down
town Houston. So narrow I always had to break down the tow and push it
back out from the other end. Always drew a big crowd on the bridge I
would lay the barge against.

Also had to shoot into a slip 100 foot wide with a 5 kt side current ,
Had to usually start setting of for that trick 1/2 mile ahead of the
slip.

As for doing a 360 in a 225 foot area it is impossiable since the tug
was 60 foot.

A smarter move than a bow thruster would be flanking rudders IMO.

Is your thruster going to be electric?

Some of the 310 ft supply boats I ran had 6-71 detroit bow thrusters.
In a hard side current at the rig they were useful but rattle the damn
boat so much it drives you crazy. After 4-5 hours of that your damn
happy to be offloaded or loaded.
Problem with bow thrusters are the props tend to cavitate.

Joe

Use on very long bit to place a pilot hole.

Joe

Keep Mooron and Scotti Potti away from the hole.

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Use on very long bit to place a pilot hole.

Joe

"DSK" wrote in message

Scott Vernon wrote:
Are you going to install it yourself?


Heck yeah! I got a chainsaw, duct tape, and a pair of vise grips, what
else do I need??

You might wanna watch Episode #89 of the Red Green Show for instructions on
this.

Max

A stump grinder...

"DSK" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:
Are you going to install it yourself?


Heck yeah! I got a chainsaw, duct tape, and a pair of vise grips, what
else do I need??

DSK