A lot of the new yachts have really poor visibility of the sides and stern. SO, it's a lot easier for me to walk up to the bow, see the anchor and bump it in gear as needed at the same time without having to bother the owner. BUT, the only reason he has me on board instead of running it himself is because he wants to hang out with friends. I also run it without a mate.owner and friends on board, who is knowledgable and can run the vessel himself proficiently. On that boat I stand on the aft deck and can see the stern to swing it out of the slip. The slip it is in, I have about 15' to swing the boat 90 degrees but have to pull forward while I am swinging once I get to a certain point as bows are sticking out on both sides of me.
One boat I do use it on often is a 62' Predator. On yachts with good visibility I don't ever bother using the yacht controller. I run A LOT of different yachts, at least 100 different ones a year. On other boats that have yacht controllers and good visibility or fixed aft deck stations I rarely use them but they come in handy sometimes.Īs for orientation, I've found if I'm facing aft, I use the yacht controller upside down.….so it's in the same orientation the helm would be.Ĭlick to expand.I use any tool that is available to me that will help me do my job. What's really nice is for anchoring, I can go to the boat, let out the anchor or pull in the anchor and maneuver the boat as needed at the very same time.Īs for the dockmate, it's too new of a product and I wouldn't touch it, will they be in business in 5 years? I can also grab a line or two and still maintain control of the boat as needed. It's in a very tight slip and aft visibility in that boat is horrible, so it allows me to stand on the aft deck, and I can judge my distance on the bow from the stern because it's been at the same slip for 6 years now and allows me to spin the stern around. I do use the remote control yacht controller on a Sunseeker predator everytime I pull it out of the slip. I didn't like it, it was kind of clunky in it's actions and a bit violent maneuvering docking.stayed in gear too long etc.… I've used both Yacht Controller products, one was the joystick fixed on the aft deck. I do prefer fixed aft deck controls on the aft deck if you can really see with them and get your hands on them.
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