stuart_hyde_farm
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Reged: 24/10/2007
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Hardys have a couple of tricky(for me) characteristics - one typical of mobos and one all of its own. The typical one is that it blows off at the stern not the bow - lots of top hamper towards the back. Not so typical is that the bathing platform is stainless tube not nicely rubber bumpered GRP so reversing in until you hit the dock is not an option. Exit from the boat is like a sailing boat - gates half way along the deck. Coming in alongside the pontoon bow first I tend to lose the back end in an off pontoon breeze. Other half is not a great one for lasooing cleats. What is the forum's recommendation for not looking a pillock as I come in. I have a bow thruster so front end no problem
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hlb
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You got twin or single?
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omega2
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Reged: 17/10/2002
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Loc: Essex Bradwell UK
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Why not use a couple of large buffers, like we do?
tie them so the platform rides over them.
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stuart_hyde_farm
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Twin engines - electronic throttles with a bit of a lag on them
The big fenders at the stern option is worth considering - thanks for that
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MapisM
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I tend to lose the back end in an off pontoon breeze.
Weird, that shouldn't be much of a problem with twin engines. Normally, a short fwd acceleration with say port engine moves the stern to port almost as much as it moves the whole boat forward.
Are you sure that the props are correctly rotating?
Looking at them from the stern, port prop should rotate counterclockwise, and stbd prop clockwise (when in fwd of course).
If by chance they work the other way round, their capacity to move the stern sideways is greatly reduced.
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Bandit
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Having posted on this very forum a post stating that in a 38ft motor boat bow thrusters are unnescesary and are for the limp wristed, I know find myself the proud owner of a 48ft boat with bow and stern thruster.
The stern thruster works incredibly well and smoothly and with the bow thruster as well its a doddle to move off smoothly sideways or to hold the boat in against then wind.
Sternthrusters are much easier to fit than bow thrusters as they just bolt on the outside of the transom.
Or wheels mounted horizontally fitted to each corner of your swim platform ?
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mikef
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Don't understand these comments. If it's the stern that gets blown about, then you are lucky 'coz of you've got 2 engines and you can very accurately control the stern with them. Very few bathing platforms are sufficiently well fendered such that you can use them to bounce off pontoons but if you must, hang a couple of fenders off it or fit corner fenders on the edges. Don't take this the wrong way but maybe you could hire an instructor for a day or 2 to give you some confidence. Maybe the SWMBO needs a bit of training too
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stuart_hyde_farm
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Reged: 24/10/2007
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Absolutely no offence taken at all - all advice is good advice. I think my problem is I am a convert from raggie sailing and am used to a huge rudder that gives a lovely kick across when you rev the engine. With 265Hp on each engine I think I am being a bit half hearted in my engine "blipping" on the MOBO
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