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The video with Snoopy in a cone of shame on the thumbnails explains the details. Snoopy had a golf ball size cancer on his hind quarter. The University of Gainesville Animal Hospital performed surgery to remove it. We all thought he would lose his leg or at least his tail. He kept both because we took him to the best. Thanks for asking. He is all better now and we check him out with the doc every 3-5 months.

Garrison Bight was the Key West mooring field. Contact Key West Municipal Marina and the balls are first come basis's. If there is any flag or marker attached to the ball, don't grab it. People use fenders and life jackets to mark their ball while they are cruising. Glad you like your stabilizer. Wish it worked at mooring.

I could not say if a cat would be a good fit. Best to ask DMS. I don't see why not. As long as you have the room.

They only work over 5 knots. Not at anchor. But we knew that and most of our need is for traveling at speed. We can pick our anchorage or slip/moorings.

Thank you. We will take you up on the advice. We have been told of this place before. Your suggestion will have us make a point to check it out. There are so many places we visit just because of recommendations.

The DMS does not work at anchor...unless there is a 5 knot current. We choose it because we are more in need when we cruise at sea. We can pick calm anchorages. But I wish it did because we do get hit with wakes and some weather when we are moored. But that is the only con on the system. It needs water passing over it. So it will work when being towed.

Neither. The DMS is a whole different direction. Please see our installation video for details. It's a game changer.

Thank You for the reply. Keep in mind this was over a year ago and we had just purchased Moondance and was being trained by a licensed captain. We were cruising her for our first time and she had been sitting for an unknown time. We were very green compared to now where we also replace impellers and generator parts when underway. We have learned a lot and now keep Moondance in top repair before setting out on our continuous journey. A boat that has been sitting and not running is the same as if I sat on the couch for a year and then ran around the block. Something's going to break. Our stabilizer has been a game changer and we are very happy with it. So far, no maintenance or problems. I did snag a crab trap with it. I looked behind me and saw a crab trap surfing on our wake. Simply cut it lose but something you don't see everyday. Cheers Carol & John

It adds 1/10 of a knot drag. I don't consider it a lot for the comfort we get.

13:00 According to the wonderful captions This is BEFORE they had dms fitted...

Correct, this video was shot before the DMS.

We are looking forward to watching future videos and hearing your thoughts on how well the stabilizer is working in real life (beyond the sea trial).

Flopper Stoppers are great for anchoring or mooring if that is your situation. We are full time cruisers and require stabilization on the move. A rolling stone gathers no moss... or in this case, no algae. Besides, we pick our anchorages in calm protected waters to not need a Flopper Stopper.

@@mvmoondance1283 I guess no one told you but Flopper Stoppers do a great job while cruising and for a lot better price than those Dutch thingys !

@@moejaime2654 Paravanes are for moving, flopper stoppers are for at rest. What am I missing?

Flopper Stoppers do both !

1/10 of a knot which is a gallon of fuel for every 13 miles. We travel about 50-60 miles per cruise day. This runs around $20.00 per day extra which is about the cost of an Uber. We find it very much worth the cost. But we are still measuring and will post in our videos more data.

@@mvmoondance1283 Not nearly as much as I would have thought. Thank you for the reply!

The angle difference is slight but autopilot corrects. In manual steering you can't tell any difference except for when you deploy it, the MMS will present a noticeable pull to port for the 13 seconds it takes to deploy. Then it smooths out and no more pull. Speed in the water is about 1/10 of a knot. There is a set of shear pins under a bolt cover I can reach easily and replace if I was to hit a channel marker for an example. About 30 minuets and $1.00 in parts. Crab and lobster pots worry me but so far, my procedure when I don't see a pot in time, is to put the throttle in neutral to stop my prop but at the same time the MMS goes into park automatically and if the pot was caught on the arm, it would slip off as it parks.

Oh my goodness, think about the consequences first.

Hast du einen Arm oder zwei Arme von den Stabilisatoren? Also auch nur auf einer Seite, oder auf beiden Seiten (Steuerbord und Backbord)?

When you grow up and can buy a boat of your own, you can name her what ever fits YOUR heart.

That's a very cool idea. I don't see why that would not work. But we decided this way and I look down at it when looking over the stern and like seeing it to monitor the algae growth. My stern thruster has a guard around it which helps guard the rear area. But your idea is outside of the box thinking. Thanks.

DMS prides themselves on low maintenance. Very little moving parts compared to a gyro system.

They stay in the marina

As our videos show, we are no stranger to rough seas. The additional stabilizer does not turn our boat into a zero pitch and roll boat. My beer will still spill in rough seas. But it does allow us to go out in larger seas. Increases our weather windows. 5-6 foot head or following seas will still send waves over the deck. Since this is a pleasure craft, my job is to make it as pleasurable as possible for my crew. We choose our weather the best we can but the seas have some level of unpredictability. We have been caught out in waves and storms, battling the elements. 50-60 mph winds and 5 foot waves has all hands working and no free hand to film. I personally love the challenge and excitement but my wife and dog... not so much. It's during these situations we have said we were glad we were in a Nordhavn. Now we can say, : a Nordhavn with a stabilizer".

No. You need to be moving over 4-5 knots. We travel at 9 knots.

nope hardly any fins are worse

1/10 to 2/10 knots. I figure about a gallon of gas per 8 hr. cruise.

Be cause most people on sailboats these days don't know enuf to use the sails for steadying.

It's funny how many sailboats we talk to are changing to a trawler. I wounder why?

@@mvmoondance1283 Because they're too old to sail a proper boat

Because it might be what they want. People are allowed to have different goals and ideas. Even if you perceive them to be "wrong" according to your high standard

Always manual but it will auto park when in neutral, which is good when you run over a crab trap. You automatically throw the throttle in neutral to stop the prop and at the same time the stabilizer parks.

We found that out in Plymouth. Radar was the only thing to penetrate but very hard to steer by. Ended up coming on another trawler and saw their silhouette at the last moment and backed off. But the camera is well worth the money for what it does give us.

Not at all I keep an eye on it around pylons when docking. Its when it is extended I watch for crab traps. If I was to run over one, I go into neutral and pass over the trap with no prop running and the system starts to park . But no clearance problem except for that.