Gene Kearns wrote:
I'm considering this vessel for cruising. Seems well appointed. What
do you think?
http://tinyurl.com/8ltoj

It looks a little hard to maneuver in close quarters.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:
On 21 Nov 2005 09:39:40 -0800, wrote:

Gene Kearns wrote:
I'm considering this vessel for cruising. Seems well appointed. What
do you think?
http://tinyurl.com/8ltoj
It looks a little hard to maneuver in close quarters.

Right! I'll check on the bow thruster option...


Check with Eisboch. If memory serves, he installed a bow and stern
thruster on his yacht.


Yep. Best things in the world to learn not to use.

Eisboch

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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You no like?

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I like 'em. The problem is you can become very complacent having them at
your fingertips and when they crap out, like mine did on the trip to Florida
a few years ago, you need to have your maneuvering skills tuned up.

I use them only when I screw up, or if the wind is really blowing.

My slip neighbors's remote control system is really cool. Once, while
docking, he actually hopped off his boat (a 51' Sealine) onto the dock and
continued to back the boat into the slip, aligning it up with the thruster
and transmission controls on his handheld remote.

Eisboch

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:02:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My slip neighbors's remote control system is really cool. Once, while
docking, he actually hopped off his boat (a 51' Sealine) onto the dock and
continued to back the boat into the slip, aligning it up with the thruster
and transmission controls on his handheld remote.

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Earlier in the year we were on a cruise ship almost 800 ft long that
had one of those. They could maneuver the whole thing on and off a
pier with just a couple of joy sticks.

Around 11/22/2005 9:12 AM, Gene Kearns wrote:

Newer local ferries are equipped with these:
http://www.voithturbo.de/vt_en_pua_m...spropeller.htm

The Garth Foss, along with several other of Foss' newer tugs, are so
equipped. I'd never have imagined that such a massive boat could be so
maneuverable until I saw it at work on a large container ship, simply
pirouetting (the best way I can think of to describe it).


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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Gene Kearns wrote:
On 21 Nov 2005 09:39:40 -0800, wrote:


Gene Kearns wrote:
I'm considering this vessel for cruising. Seems well appointed. What
do you think?
http://tinyurl.com/8ltoj

It looks a little hard to maneuver in close quarters.

Right! I'll check on the bow thruster option...

Or you could use one of the oars like a push pole. Sam