[C320-list] Bow Thruster

[Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com]

Or new sails or a portable, gas-powered drink blender!!....Not only that, but a bow thruster will really slow the boat and if you happen to have a 3-bladed fixed prop, you will crawl whenever you sail....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Campbell" [bcampbell at valp.net]
Sent: 07/12/2006 10:57 AM
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.org>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bow Thruster

Like Boat Drinks!

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-List-bounces at catalina320.org
[mailto:C320-List-bounces at catalina320.org]On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:49 PM
To: John Van Vessem; C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Bow Thruster


We just bought our 320 last November.  I was pleased to find this 
spring that she turns within her own radius (boatlength).  Even my C25 
couldn't do that.  Put the bow thruster money towards something else.

Bob Seastream
Intuition, hull 906


On Jul 11, 2006, at 11:55 PM, John Van Vessem wrote:

> Mark,
>
> I think you will find in time that the 320 turns on a dime around the 
> keel.  I think a bow thruster would be a grave mistake.
>
> John Van Vessem
> Sojourn 645
> Vallejo Yacht Club
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mtimney at aol.com
> To: C320-List at catalina320.org
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:05:58 AM
> Subject: [C320-list] Bow Thruster
>
>
> We recently moved our 320 to a new location on Catawba Island, Ohio.   
> Our
> slip is located in a very narrow channel, where there is barely enough 
> room  to
> make the turn in fair conditions.  Has anyone investigated or 
> installed  a bow
> thruster in their 320?  If so, which manufacturer/model, and what has  
> your
> experience been with the unit?
>
> FYI, I couldn't locate any past threads on this subject in the  
> archives.
>
> Mark Timney
> Second Wind #349
>


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