captain ray
Member
Any openions on which is better for a 36' to 40' trawler. Is the bow thruster more effecient or is the stern thruster? Thanks in advance - Capt Ray
Any openions on which is better for a 36' to 40' trawler. Is the bow thruster more effecient or is the stern thruster? Thanks in advance - Capt Ray
Any openions on which is better for a 36' to 40' trawler. Is the bow thruster more effecient or is the stern thruster? Thanks in advance - Capt Ray
If you can afford both, then get both.
Any openions on which is better for a 36' to 40' trawler.
Is the bow thruster more effecient or is the stern thruster? Thanks in advance - Capt Ray
I would like to pick up on Captain Rays question, I too am considering bow/stern thrusters but I take the sales hype with a grain of salt. Does anyone here actually have a stern thruster & if so could you share your thoughts.
We boat more, the Admiral is happy, and all is well!
With all due respect to Marin, prop walk is not a replacement for a stern thruster's ability to turn sharp corners and spin your boat around without propelling the boat through the water.
If installing in an existing boat, make sure it is powerful enough!
We have both bow & stern thrusters on INFINITY. I'm spoilt now, I love it
We have both bow & stern thrusters on INFINITY. I'm spoilt now, I love it
I was talking about prop thrust against a hard-over rudder (or partially over rudder). That creates the same sideways force as a stern thruster and will move the stern of the boat left or right as needed.
BUT.... this also induces forward movement of the boat as well. Which is where intertia comes in. When the operator really understands and knows how to take advantage of inertia, which is as much the tendency of an object to resist movement as much as it is the tendency of an object to keep moving once it is, then it and the thrust being directed by the rudder can make a boat do whatever the operator wants it to do.
Marin, we'll have to agree to disagree on the value of a relatively inexpensive stern thruster on a single engine trawler.