Bow Thruster. (Girlie button)

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, NickF said:

I guess that works better if the dolly is near the side of the boat, if it's fairly central you probably don't get enough leverage for it to happen.

Thank you

[Horace42]

14 hours ago, Glynn said:

The girlie button discussions always makes me think why so called "traditional" boaters shun them yet they have an engine instead of a horse, a toilet instead of a bucket, they usually have heating throughout the boat, a TV or two, inverters, fridges & freezers, not to mention ovens, hobs and microwave ovens and mobile phones and internet.

Yet a girlie button is a complete no no.

On a technical note, if there was no girlie button (or buttons?) how would the thruster be operated ? because  without girlie buttons there would be no point in having a bow thruster.

So is this a question of not having a bow thruster at all - and using the Timothy West steering technique.

[Momac]

Knew I had a picture somewhere that showed  the so called girlie button - or stick in my case

[Alan de Enfield]

Very snazzy  'handed' key rings.

[WotEver]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Very snazzy  'handed' key rings.

Right colours too

[Mike Todd]

22 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

We have been complimented today by two paid of foreign yachters.  One pair from Sweden the others from Belgium. 

Both pairs said they wouldn'tattempt Neptunes without a now thruster. 

We made it down unscathed. 

They made it down with far more fuss and thruster abuse!

What makes the Neptunes so difficult, with or without a bow thruster?

[MtB]

On 15/07/2017 at 11:16, Alan de Enfield said:

Very snazzy  'handed' key rings.

A bow thruster on a twin engined boat seems supremely pointless.

[howardang]

4 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

A bow thruster on a twin engined boat seems supremely pointless.

Very handy if you wish to "walk" a boat sideways.

Howard