I agree. Some skippers demonstrate great seamanship. Then there's the joy of a well equipped boat.
Couple years ago, a fella with a nice MJM 40 (https://mjmyachts.com/40z) was leaving a side to docking just in front of Touche'. Being a helpful sort, I wandered up and asked if he needed help getting away from the pier. With a wry smile, he graciously thanked me but declined. He then finished untying and placed himself at the helm station. With a couple of slight control moves, the MJM moved directly away from the pier. He explained that not only was the boat equipped with a bow thruster but also pod drives. >From the MJM website: " *Joystick Computerized Control*The primary design goal for the 40z was to create a 40 foot powerboat that would handle like a 30-footer at idle speeds in tricky docking situations. The new Volvo-Penta IPS or Yanmar joystick control technology makes this goal a reality. The IPS system works with twin pod drives under the hull and the Yanmar with twin sterndrives. When conventional twin-engine controls are in neutral, a single joystick takes over with fingertip control. There are no thrusters. Through a unique computer program, each drive unit is independently operated in terms of direction, rpm and forward-reverse gear. This new system works far more intuitively than conventional twin shaft drives or joystick/thruster operated jet drives." Dennis C. On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 8:05 AM, robert <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > On 2016-10-26 5:45 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List wrote: > >> "On a few occasions I've had the opportunity to watch the weigh ins at a >> couple of fishing tournaments. The skill of the charter captains is >> phenomenal. They come into a harbor, motor to the center of a fairway, use >> the two engines to spin the boat's stern into the fairway, back directly >> down the fairway in what seems an impossibly straight line, stop within a >> gnat's whisker of the bulkhead, then gently place the boat's stern against >> the bulkhead and keep it there with a bit of reverse. " >> > > Dennis: > > The other day I watched a club member with a 40' powerboat come into a > narrow fairway at our club (not much wider than his boat) and turn it > around 180 degrees to parallel dock ....the boat literately pivoted in a > stationary position......he was on the fly bridge. > > I said the people standing next to me what great boat handling. One member > responded and said "well, anybody can do that with bow thrusters" . > > I responded and said "His boat does not have bow or stern thrusters, that > is what makes it so impressive". No response from him. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32- 84 > Halifax, N.S. > >
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