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14.18.2 Operation
1. General points
- The Dock and Go system is a manoeuvring aid to facilitate coming alongside and leaving the dock. This system must
not in any circumstances be used as a means of navigation, even during approach manoeuvres in port.
- In some use modes of the system, especially sideways movement, the bow thruster has to work very hard. This leads
to a significant power draw on the bow thruster battery bank and raises the temperature of the bow thruster motor.
- For its protection, the bow thruster is equipped with a temperature alarm which gives 5 short beeps 10 seconds before
cutting off the power to the bow thruster. When the bow thruster cuts out, keep your hand on the joystick with the bow
thruster out of operation. You need to wait until it has cooled sufficiently before restarting it manually by pressing both
buttons on the bow thruster control simultaneously.
- To avoid this inconvenience and to protect the bow thruster we advise you not to use the bow thruster for more than 30
seconds at a time and to allow it to cool between each use.
NOTE: Once the bow thruster has cut out due to overheating you should allow around 4 hours for it to return to ambient
temperature. If it does overheat you can start using it again without waiting 4 hours but the possible usage time will be
reduced.
- After each manoeuvre using the bow thruster, be sure to maintain the charge of the bow thruster battery bank: either
by connecting your boat to the mains socket on the dock, or by keeping the engine at a cruising speed of at least 1700
rpm (engaged or disengaged) for at least 30 minutes after the last manoeuvre.
2. Propeller
The propeller supplied with the boat is the only
propeller validated by the engine manufacturer
that allows optimal operation of the Dock & Go
assembly. No other propeller should be fitted
otherwise there will be serious malfunction of the
base or of the engine itself.
Engine