This leaves the top of the rail available for a hook to hold the Smart Thruster's lanyard up when retracted. The top of the rail is secured using a Bimini top slide attached to a deck hinge. The bottom of the railing is mounted to the rear edge of the swim step using a swivel deck hinge. His expertise, and commitment to quality workmanship and high customer satisfaction have made him well-known and highly respected throughout the East Coast. The attachment of the thruster to the T-track and the attachment of the T-track to the stainless railing is the same as for the bow installation, although the section of railing is much short for stern installations. Joe Molinaro owner of East Coast Bow Thrusters, has been building, repairing and performing fiberglass fabrication on boats since 1970, and installing bow thrusters since 1990. After thinking about some of my summer docking situations the last 3 years with a V drive, it’s starting to become more appealing. This thruster is shown in the deployed position down against the track stop. Working on a 2021 SA build and originally laughed at the 8700 ish stern thruster option. It is not necessary for the Smart Thruster to be mounted on the boat's centerline. Fortunately, the compact size of the Smart Thruster allows it to slant under the tender. The problem is that there are so many types of. Installing a bow thruster is not an inexpensive upgrade, so it pays to do your homework before deciding on a type and make. More and more older boats are also being retrofitted with thrusters. As is often the case, the stern is a crowded place with the tender, the barbecue, and a cooler. An increasing number of new boats are now ordered with thrusters, including sailboats as small as 30 feet. The picture to the left (below if you are viewing on a mobile device) shows a stern Smart Thruster installation.
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For more detailed information about mounting the Smart Thruster to your bow or stern, please see the "Bow Installation Guide" and the "Stern Installation Guide" on our manuals page of this website. The pictures below show a sampling of the types of installations for both bow and stern configurations.
View our video of the installation of a Smart Thruster onto the swim step of a trawler as an example of one mounting scheme, Get reviews, hours, directions, coupons and more for Dockstar Marine Systems Inc- Steve Demay at 444 W Ocean Blvd Ste 800, Long Beach, CA 90802. Search for other Commercial & Savings Banks on The Real Yellow Pages®. DockStar offers a number of installation kits that include the T-track, the stainless tube, and the fittings typically required to mount the stainless tubing to your boat in a variety of configurations. Lets go sailing aboard Wind Dancer NEW IMPROVEMENTS: BOW THRUSTER. Get reviews, hours, directions, coupons and more for Dockstar Marine Systems Inc- Steve Demay. This tubing can then be mounted to the hull using readily available marine fittings. This is accomplished by first mounting the T-track to a section of 1" stainless tubing. It is mainly a matter of mounting this standard track to your boat. It allows the Smart Thruster to slide easily along a standard Schaefer 3/4" T-track. Hydrodynamic shape, very short flow-channel and ideal placement reduce the water resistance to a fraction compared to conventional systems. We refer to this feature as the Track Guide. The external placement of the unit gives a more efficient water cooling and allows much longer duration per cycle of the unit than with traditional bow and stern thrusters.
Discover worth, traffic, revenues, global rank, pagerank, pagerank, visitors, pageviews, ip, indexed pages, backlinks, domain age, host country and more. It is the most affordable way to add bow and stern thrusters to any boat. The Smart Thruster housing includes a special mounting feature that runs the length of the shaft. DockStar bow and stern thruster is easy to use, easy to install, and very effective. Other than needing recharging, it doesn't need much from the boat it is being mounted to. It has its own batteries, motors and wireless control electronics. Ilmor 6.The Smart Thruster is completely self contained. SurfStar Package w/S2S Switching (Wake Shaping Devices, Surf Ballast, Attitude Adjustment Plate w/Auto Launch) 2018 Amherst Maine 16 Custom Built Maine Square Stern Guide Boat. Observer Stereo and Lighting Control Touchscreen Optioned with three Garmin 12inch screens, FLIR, Bow thruster, Joystick, open array 48.
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Dual Screen Advanced Audio Package (12.1” Center Screen & 10.1" Touchscreen Dash, Integrated Ice Radio W/ Bluetooth, Integrated Go Pro Control, 4 8.5" Klipsch Speakers, 8 Channel Klipsch Amplifier, 1 Channel Monoblock Amplifier, 11" Klipsch Subwoofer) Mike installed a stern mounted DockStar Smart Thruster onto his Beneteau 331 with a mounting assembly that we custom built for him and his boat.
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