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sira 
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Joined: 18 June 2023 Location: Atlantic Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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 Topic: bow thrusterPosted: 18 June 2023 at 19:58 |
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hi
the door of my bow thruster (retractable) fell off during crossing the Atlantic my current position is the Azores. Is it safe to keep on like this?
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Wayne's World
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Joined: 18 July 2012 Location: Cruising Status: Offline Points: 1434 |
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Posted: 18 June 2023 at 21:10 |
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Sira,
We sailed for a month or more without realizing we had lost our first door. Sailed for some days without knowing our second door had disappeared. |
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Wayne W
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sira
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Joined: 18 June 2023 Location: Atlantic Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Posted: 18 June 2023 at 21:53 |
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thank you for the information
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FalParsi
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Joined: 28 January 2021 Location: Malta Status: Offline Points: 140 |
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Posted: 19 June 2023 at 11:26 |
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It is safe to continue, but the doors need to be replaced as soon as possible to prevent growth and all sorts of other issues. This winter I had to complete replace the lower end of the bow thruster exactly because of this issue to the tune of EUR6000.
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ohthetrees
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Joined: 24 November 2019 Status: Offline Points: 189 |
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Posted: 27 September 2023 at 19:39 |
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I've never had a problem, and have a lot of miles in all conditions. Perhaps I'm just lucky, but it might also have something to do with spending extra care and time to setup the thrusters door close procedure so that it closes tightly, but not so tight that the actuator struggles. Nonetheless, when I go on multi-day passages, I tie the door up by looping a piece of dyneema line from the door actuator bracket and around the base of the motor, preventing the door from deploying.
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