2021 Supra Stern Thruster option

[larry_arizona]

Don't you need a front thruster as well to have a dock hold feature?

Exactly why I am looking for a video or description of the feature.

My guess is you rope the bow and the thruster runs the stern against the dock for a period of time long enough for you to tie off the back.

Even if you had a bow thruster, nothing would control fore aft movement.


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[MJHSupra]

Drew,

Any thruster updates you can share with the forum. Is a demo video forthcoming to show it in action along with the dock hold feature?


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Nothing has been on social media either.

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[rdlangston13]

Exactly why I am looking for a video or description of the feature.

My guess is you rope the bow and the thruster runs the stern against the dock for a period of time long enough for you to tie off the back.

Even if you had a bow thruster, nothing would control fore aft movement.


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I would imagine if you had a bow and stern thruster both pushing against the dock that the friction generated by the pressure of the boat against the dock would somewhat limit fore and aft movement.

[Mobius22]

Drew,

Any thruster updates you can share with the forum. Is a demo video forthcoming to show it in action along with the dock hold feature?


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Marketing is working on a video for the thrusters

[tre]

Well. I may as well be the first to ask. Can I retrofit this to my 2020 SE? I imagine physically attaching it is an issue but the software likely required to make all of this work is the larger issue.

[Isaguel]

Well. I may as well be the first to ask. Can I retrofit this to my 2020 SE? I imagine physically attaching it is an issue but the software likely required to make all of this work is the larger issue.

When you look at the picks it appears the platform brackets fit within the thruster housing, so I am wondering if the platform brackets had to be redesigned. If that is the case, retrofitting may not be plausible. If you are going to pay anyways, and retrofitting is problematic, you should look into the easythruster option. I sent them an e-mail to get a quote but they wanted me to contact my dealer so they can put together a quote for parts and installation. I was not ready to commit so I did not want to bother my dealer with it. Eazythruster sales rep answered me in an e-mail that they "have a relationship with SC and the thruster install will not void hull warranty", presumably as long as it is installed by an authorized dealer. They looked up my region and told me Nisswa marine, where I bought my boat, was authorized installer. In a way I get that, they want to make sure it is installed correctly and preserves hull warranty. I was hoping I could just get a quote on parts but they wouldn't. I'd say consider it. It looks like a pretty cool system, It is more like the nautigue system, single bidirectional center mounted thruster under the platform.

[sandm]

not to get off topic but anyway...

lots of people toss around the "lifetime hull warranty". I wonder how many boats are actually swapped out due to a bad hull. it happens from time to time but I wonder what the "true" number is across the industry. something tells me its really low for a hull to just fail without some duma$$ driving it across or onto something that is then owner error..

we didn't even think twice about drilling 4 vent/drain holes in our first tige when going from single fill/drain to dual. boat had 15hrs when we did it.

[larry_arizona]

not to get off topic but anyway...

lots of people toss around the "lifetime hull warranty". I wonder how many boats are actually swapped out due to a bad hull. it happens from time to time but I wonder what the "true" number is across the industry. something tells me its really low for a hull to just fail without some duma$$ driving it across or onto something that is then owner error..

we didn't even think twice about drilling 4 vent/drain holes in our first tige when going from single fill/drain to dual. boat had 15hrs when we did it.

I know of one. 1993 ski Nautique, took 4 years of legal action and the settlement was all legal fees and a 1998 Ski Nautique


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[RoboSanLucas]

Well. I may as well be the first to ask. Can I retrofit this to my 2020 SE? I imagine physically attaching it is an issue but the software likely required to make all of this work is the larger issue.

My understanding is that SC will be releasing more detailed info on the new thruster system any day now, but I can confirm it is being supplied by a new company in the industry, hence the unique "dual thruster" design. There will be an aftermarket version available to retrofit other boats in the coming months.

Stay tuned...

[larry_arizona]

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