See video:

http://www.thenewsmarket.com/FrontEn...MV,WMV,270,290

or:

http://tinyurl.com/n3pby

"Chuck Gould" wrote in
ups.com:

http://tinyurl.com/n3pby


I get a blank page with a header at the top, Chuck....



--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

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

"Larry" wrote in message
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"Chuck Gould" wrote in
ups.com:

http://tinyurl.com/n3pby


I get a blank page with a header at the top, Chuck....



--
There's amazing intelligence in the Universe.
You can tell because none of them ever called Earth.

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.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

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.


That explains something I noticed. I assumed they were thrusters, but the
wash from the bow area seemed too far back. Pretty cool!

I've read that the industry and many boat manufacturers have come to respect
the unique Volvo IPS drive, despite it's seemingly obvious drawbacks.

Eisboch

"Chuck Gould" wrote in
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http://tinyurl.com/n3pby




Thrusters are handy. When I first got the Navigator (which has both bow
and stern thrusters) I retained the services of a tug boat captain to help
me sharpen my boat handling skills. He laughed at the thrusters and
proceeded to teach me how to move the boat sideways in either direction
without moving forward or backward. He had me practice for about 30 minutes
using opposite rudder settings with careful engine throttle and transmission
settings. Takes some practice, especially in wind or current. The
technique came in handy later that season when the thruster power switch
failed on the trip to Florida.

Eisboch

Chuck Gould wrote:
See video:

http://www.thenewsmarket.com/FrontEn...MV,WMV,270,290

or:

http://tinyurl.com/n3pby

That's cool as hell!