Edd just wants to be able to call out, “Helmsman: maneuvering thrusters to leave Spacedock”… :^)
Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Sep 28, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Some people retire from sailing, or buy a trawler prematurely, because they > eschewed equipping their boat with whatever was needed to make it less > physically demanding to sail. Luddites be damned! There are plenty of sailors > who will tell you that a GPS and RADAR are wastes of money, too. > > Bill Bina > > On 9/27/2015 2:56 PM, John Pennie via CnC-List wrote: >> Ed: >> >> I sailed/lived aboard a 51 for many years. Everyone thought we were crazy >> when we removed the bow thruster (it didn’t work anyway). I can say I never >> missed it. They do add some drag - probably not as much as you would >> expect. I would think a pod hanging down would be worse. Nevertheless,I >> just don’t see the need and I sail in the same area as you. It sounds >> strange, but my experience has been the tighter the slip the easier it is to >> get into. There just isn’t as much room to screw up! Yes, there has been >> the rare occasion where it would have been helpful coming in. Leaving a >> dock it serves no purpose as god invented spring lines. To me, the >> complexity of the systems, to say nothing of the cost, just isn’t justified. >> I >> >> My opinion would be just say no… >> >> Of course, it’s your money and you should spend it however you damn well >> want to. >> >> John
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