Anyone who’s response is to “learn to captain your boat” and similar… your saying this to a person who researched, planned, CUT a giant hole in their hull and successfully installed a bow thruster on their own. Logic dictates this person is HIGHLY unlikely to be lacking in basic seamanship skills…. Do the math. Amazing content, very focused and pleasant delivery, don’t change a thing Sir.
Fantastic Sir. Sailing for me should be effortless and convenient. I have the same sailboat and after seeing yours I plan to add one in mine next haul out!
Great video & perfect timing for an upcoming project. Appreciate your detailed instructions on measuring & looking forward to the upcoming videos. Your older bow thruster videos are helpful also. Thanks!
That you for the nice comment. Happy that you find in helpful. Next episode will be out in less than two weeks. It will be a lot more interesting with actual boat work going on!
Thinking about this, there is a quicker more elegant way to develop the center points for the tunnel. We know the location is the distance below waterline from manufacturer's recomme dation and as far forward as possible. Use a full scale foam mock-up of the motor/tunnel assembly to determine this second dimension. Now drill a small, pilot hole through one side. Using a somewhat stiff rod, thin stick, metal rule or whatever, create two marks on it with tape and a pencil. One is the vertical distance below the rub rail at the drilled hole location. Lay the rod against the hull and transfer this mark as an arc to the other side, onto a patch of tape in the approximate location of the second hole. Approximately level with the hole, mark the center of the bow onto tape. Use this point to mark a second, reference line onto the rod. With the end of the rod positioned at the respective rub rail and bow center marks, create arcs with the second mark intersecting the first arc to indicate center on the opposite side. Drill your second hole here.
I am so glad that you did this series on bow thrusters. I have a Beneteau 400 Oceanis that I have thought seriously about installing a bow thruster on, but I also have some unique problems related to the layout of the 400 Oceanis I have. Mine is the two cabin version with the master cabin and head forward from the saloon. My bow area consist of a rather small chain locker, followed aft by the master head and then the master cabin. I am not sure that I physically have the room to put a bow thruster in where it will do any good, I think the chain locker is two small and high off the keel and that there is no room in the head deck area. I won't know till I watch all series and have a chance to look at the measurements that you show. Lucky, I am on the hard in the middle of a two year retrofit, so I should find out my answers fairly quickly I expect. Thank you in advance.
Glad that you enjoyed the first episode. My guess would be that the chain locker won’t be sitting deep enough with regards to the waterline. Your boat is bigger and heavier than mine, so you will probably need at least a 60kg thruster and a tunnel diameter of around 185mm (sorry for my metrics). I did see another install where the tunnel were fitted under the “throne” in the forward head, that might be an option. Anyway I would recommend making a foam mock-up of a thruster motor and a piece of tunnel to check for internal fit. Next episode will be out in just under 2 weeks
I'm not so sure about using a PVC tube. All (or most) bow thrusters can be supplied in a kit with the motor+tunnel. I would definitely go for a tunnel that the manufacturer recommends. Also, I'm not sure about the fiberglassing to PVC if you will get a good bond
Hello again. As far as the marking tool you used for drawing the circumference of the holes to be cut.... Do you have the file for a three D printer? Thanks,...
Anyone who’s response is to “learn to captain your boat” and similar… your saying this to a person who researched, planned, CUT a giant hole in their hull and successfully installed a bow thruster on their own. Logic dictates this person is HIGHLY unlikely to be lacking in basic seamanship skills…. Do the math. Amazing content, very focused and pleasant delivery, don’t change a thing Sir.
Thank you so much for the nice words!🤗
Fantastic Sir. Sailing for me should be effortless and convenient. I have the same sailboat and after seeing yours I plan to add one in mine next haul out!
Thanks 😊
Great video & perfect timing for an upcoming project. Appreciate your detailed instructions on measuring & looking forward to the upcoming videos. Your older bow thruster videos are helpful also. Thanks!
That you for the nice comment. Happy that you find in helpful. Next episode will be out in less than two weeks. It will be a lot more interesting with actual boat work going on!
Next episode will be up in a few hours
You made the measuring look sooooo easy. I think I would literally be scared to death of getting it wrong.....
It’s the magic of video editing that made it look easy.. I did spend quite some time thinking, measuring, thinking, measuring and so😂
Thinking about this, there is a quicker more elegant way to develop the center points for the tunnel. We know the location is the distance below waterline from manufacturer's recomme dation and as far forward as possible. Use a full scale foam mock-up of the motor/tunnel assembly to determine this second dimension. Now drill a small, pilot hole through one side. Using a somewhat stiff rod, thin stick, metal rule or whatever, create two marks on it with tape and a pencil. One is the vertical distance below the rub rail at the drilled hole location. Lay the rod against the hull and transfer this mark as an arc to the other side, onto a patch of tape in the approximate location of the second hole. Approximately level with the hole, mark the center of the bow onto tape. Use this point to mark a second, reference line onto the rod. With the end of the rod positioned at the respective rub rail and bow center marks, create arcs with the second mark intersecting the first arc to indicate center on the opposite side. Drill your second hole here.
I am so glad that you did this series on bow thrusters. I have a Beneteau 400 Oceanis that I have thought seriously about installing a bow thruster on, but I also have some unique problems related to the layout of the 400 Oceanis I have. Mine is the two cabin version with the master cabin and head forward from the saloon. My bow area consist of a rather small chain locker, followed aft by the master head and then the master cabin. I am not sure that I physically have the room to put a bow thruster in where it will do any good, I think the chain locker is two small and high off the keel and that there is no room in the head deck area. I won't know till I watch all series and have a chance to look at the measurements that you show. Lucky, I am on the hard in the middle of a two year retrofit, so I should find out my answers fairly quickly I expect. Thank you in advance.
Glad that you enjoyed the first episode. My guess would be that the chain locker won’t be sitting deep enough with regards to the waterline. Your boat is bigger and heavier than mine, so you will probably need at least a 60kg thruster and a tunnel diameter of around 185mm (sorry for my metrics). I did see another install where the tunnel were fitted under the “throne” in the forward head, that might be an option. Anyway I would recommend making a foam mock-up of a thruster motor and a piece of tunnel to check for internal fit. Next episode will be out in just under 2 weeks
Next episode will be up in a few hours
@@jacobkollerup 60kg is around 132 pounds and will need a 7 !/4 inch tube. I am hoping a 8" pvc heavy wall water pipe will work for the tube.
I'm not so sure about using a PVC tube. All (or most) bow thrusters can be supplied in a kit with the motor+tunnel. I would definitely go for a tunnel that the manufacturer recommends. Also, I'm not sure about the fiberglassing to PVC if you will get a good bond
Hello again. As far as the marking tool you used for drawing the circumference of the holes to be cut.... Do you have the file for a three D printer? Thanks,...
Sure, I can email it to you. Just remember that it’s made for a 125 mm tunnel with a wall thickness of 4 mm
@@jacobkollerup Thank you. My email is darrlafon@icloud.com Have a nice weekend. Blue Skies.
Love it!
Good, but too much talking not enough doing. Get on with it!