Reply To: Bow thruster

I agree about the amps, though a diesel generator is about £250 so no problem there. One of the reasons I am interested is that 75% of my engine useage is for less than 10 minutes – going in and out of a marina or on and off the bouy. Three 100amp batteries will give 4 hours of cruising on the e-pods. I suspect though that the technology needs another year to 'mature'.

Re a bowthruster – I had thought of that as an option but worried about the change in water flow over one hull caused by the turbulance around the thruster tunnel when sailing, would it exert a turning force that would need to be counteracted with rudder, and so slow the boat? Monohulls don't have this problem! Also it would have to be a big thruster for the windage on an HT – what about the weight right up in the bow of one of the hulls? Never-the-less I would also love to hear from someone that has fitted one and found it effective.