Docking By Control Bow Thruster Installation
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2014
- Danny Hampshire, owner of Docking by Control LLC in Seabrook, Texas, offers professional sales and mobile installations of bow and stern thruster systems.
Bow thruster systems add more precise handling of your vessel in any conditions. Our teams of factory authorized and trained installation professionals come to the marina of your choice anywhere in the United States for the installation process. Our teams complete standard installations within 2 to 3 days, limiting the time your boat is out of the water.
See: dockingbycontrol.com. 
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Great video. Thank you for taking the time to call me Danny I'm getting ready to do my truster on my Campion Victoria. who ever is a boat owner this is the best way to go.....
Love your work,great video.
It would have been nice to see the finished product in action.
I've put in two bow thrusters. Without the use of one of those massive bits. Mark out the spot. Drink a 12 pack. Start cutting.
They should've left about an 1" or 2 sticking out on the front side so it could be smoothed out, so when the boat is going forward you dont get the water catching the backside of the thruster hole and causing extra drag.
Glassing over the bottom coat....hope that works out for them! You should have sanded beyond the bottom paint for proper glass to glass adhesion!
Yeah I was wondering about that. Seems strange to me.
The white ring around where he was brushing looked like a sanding mark
You didnt watch the video did you?
Exactly I noticed that no sanding, that guy🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Excelente trabajo.
You didn't finish the install in video. Let down
That’s why they make the big bucks, perfect clean job. I’ll bet it works too. 👌
Well shit!! Wanted to see it work in the water!
Oh wow. We need these on our boat. We have 4 of the Seven Marine 627s. They’re an awesome outboard but they’re hell at low idle. For me anyhow.
300,000 in motors and you didn't get the joystick control? More money than brains.
Travis B since you want to feel superior on RUclips I’ll let your jibe go.
BTW, it’s over $400,000 in engines. Motors are electrical.
And each engine is fully specd with all the controls.
They are still a pain in the ass to handle at low idle trying to dock- hence the bow thruster enthusiasm.
Just wondering what u do for work.
so where was the bow thruster ? i saw a tube in the bow thats it...
Fascinating work. Thank you. Would a fairing over the stern thruster help to make it steamlined? Or would that be unnecessary due to the turbulence there anyhow?
I'd love to know how much those drill bits and giant hole saw cost
Cool!
Like the drill you can do three bats at the same time.
It would be nice to have these operated with a push button. Having 2 on each side.
I use to go out for big game fish and at the end of day I was wiped out completely so when it came to coming into the harbor and docking it could be a chore in a half. Never had any mishaps, but came close a few times and I sure would like having these thrusters making it a lot easier on me especially when it came to friends that did not have a clue about boats.
Oh, for the people talking crap about the thrusters, hey wouldn't it be better to have more control than less control of your boat? Duh!
Hey Moe!!
makes me cringe a bit when i see people drilling holes in to a boat hull i am just thinking i hope they don't put a hole in the wrong place
same feelings here)
They just gave that boat a prince albert.
Lee Nix 🤣
Better than a King Richard III.
Or a Lorena Bobbit
Invest in some rollers lot fast than a brush and you can get all the air bubbles out
SSGSSG it's a waste of glass n u can't get in tight spots
Duane Brumbaugh jr they have all size of rollers even mini rollers to get I side the thruster, I put them in for years at S.R. a world wide company
Small Hole
“Ok”
Larger Hole
“I guess that’s how they do it”
Huge ass Hole
“Ok now what the fuck”
Watch RUclips Port of Miami Fl …..See many container ships, cruise ships and private yachts of all sizes dock using bow/stern thruster (or stern pod drives)
Notice the guy wiping dust off nose while drilling? that is fiberglass dust.
The people with twin props who think they need to spend money on a bow and stern thruster kill me.
If you're running a big boat solo or a boat is being ran by old folks, its nice to have.
I got a single slow as diesel screw.. i could use a bow thruster lol my slip is in an s curve and with wind or currents it is a challenge to get in and out at times...
Andrew Armstrong Because being able to afford something that offers a convenient way to dock is just so terrible. 😒
Are they convenient? Yes of course, they make docking a breeze. I would use them if available!
Do I need them? Nope, especially if I'm handling a twin engine vessel. I work in a boat yard/marina and anyone who has any experience with the sea will tell you that shit breaks down so easy in salt water.
My point is if you require thrusters to properly handle your vessel it would behoove you to learn proper handling techniques in case your shit breaks down. Sure as shit stinks it will!
The problem is that people put in a bow and stern thruster and still arent able to dock the boat while i and my colleages dock a single prop pushboat (13m) whit a barge 35meter no problem🤔
I can see a bow thruster but a stern thruster on a twin prop boat? Seriously?
Absolutely!!!!!! Ovesly you don't know shit about boat's!!
Agreed.. if you can't drive a boat with twin screws, you shouldn't be driving.
@@TheOjoneso Lol, why dont you little girls go back to playing with your dolls. Why not have a stern thruster to help out? What a stupid thing to bitch about.
@@TheOjoneso With a windward dock you could have them hold you to the dock and run that boat by yourself. Or leave a leeward dock without a spring line all by yourself. With high winds you can't run that boat by yourself.
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How power front bow ?
How now brown cow.
Moooooo
Pretty small boat to put those on. If u cant park that get out of the water.
I hope to hell that was inspected by an engineer. Cutting a huge hole in the bow will weaken the crap out of it, particularly in a collision. A piece of plastic pipe glassed in with a few sheets of chop strand isn't going to be strong enough.
Unless you have a collision where the bow thruster is struck directly, you'll be ok.
like running aground?
You sir obviously don’t know ANYTHING about these boats and strength of the fiberglass, just rewind the video and see the thickness of that hull
No. The bow thruster tube will add significant strength to the hull, almost like a mini bulkhead. Also, the part of the hull where you would run aground is solid glass. The thruster is above that.
Exactly what I was thinking, couldn't agree more.
I bet those are damn expensive drill bits
40!!??? Try $400 for the long twist drill bit I bet!! Then that custom hole saw has got to be at least five hundred!!
They are pretty "cheap". The long twist drills are like £30 and the big core drills aren't crazy pricey either
Harbor Freight special, $4.99.
Get the kid to do it.... sure.
They went whole hog on those drill bits.
As a fiberglass worker i would like to see that front thruster in 1 year and see how it’s holding up, you guys didn’t even bother grinding the bottom paint off to get a better connection and guys seriously ???? Where are your fuckin rollers ???? This is as poorly done as you can imagine and if this was my boat i would have scratch that all off and start over again, if you guys are gonna do something do it well or don’t do it at all....
"Bow thruster install" would be more correct..
Or if you read the description or their fucking shirts you would get the fucking title you fucking fuck.
Yup, thumbs down for not seeing the finished product. Probably fucked up the install somehow. That`s why it wasn`t finished.