{"id":9808,"date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/bow-thruster-detailing\/"},"modified":"2009-12-07T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T17:19:00","slug":"bow-thruster-detailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/bow-thruster-detailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Thruster Detailing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" alt=\"FPB-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-100\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fpb-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-100.jpg\" width=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We want to chat about thruster tunnels. We&#8217;ve mentioned these before, but this series of photos will help us to elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>This straight on the bow photo allows the eye to follow the lines of the hull. You can just make out the aft edges of the bow thruster tunnels. The intersection of thruster tunnel and hull are faired to reduce turbulence.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"269\" alt=\"FPB-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-101\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fpb-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-101.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The aft edge of the tunnel has been move inboard, reducing the edges exposure to the streamlined flow coming off the bow.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" alt=\"FPB-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-102\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/fpb-64-thruster-tunnel-fairing-102.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even with this complex fairing job there is substantial drag associated with a disruption in the waterflow created by this ten inch (250mm) tunnel. Is the ease of maneuvering the bow thruster brings worth the drag penalty? On most yachts the answer is easy, since they are impossible to maneuver without a thruster.<\/p>\n<p>Our situation is different. The combination of the hull shape of the FPB 64 and its enormous rudder, together with 40-degree rudder angle, means the FPB 64 can be worked into very tight spaces without its thruster. Once you get the hang of &#8220;walking&#8221; the boat using engine and rudder, the thruster will rarely be required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to chat about thruster tunnels. We&#8217;ve mentioned these before, but this series of photos will help us to <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/bow-thruster-detailing\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fpb64-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}