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I found this a particularly interesting product. The AquaAlarm has a fitting that inserts into your raw water system that activates an alarm if raw water flow is diminished - it just may save your engine. Comes in various sizes and is one of the many items that can be integrated into the alarm package. This is not an endorsement, but rather something I stumbled on that looked to be interesting.You, like me, have probably seen the ads, press boat reviews and editorials. Today I had the pleasure of seeing the real thing, courtesy of Alban Caterpillar. Cat purchased a Sea Ray 43, pulled the stock engines and installed a set of new 575hp ACERT engines coupled to ZF / Mercury Zeus drives with aft facing duo props. The engine and drives where coupled to a joystick for use in docking type situations, a conventional wheel and controls for when underway.

The system is in a word, awesome. Among other feats, the boat is easily controlled while docking by the joystick. It will in fact, and does, move side to side, without a bow thruster. It is in fact a much, much more responsive boat underway and at any speed. It does in fact interface with GPS / Chartplotters providing autopilot functions. It has troll mode and that at whatever speed you might choose, say 2.3 mph. It literally will do 90 degree turns at speed. It can and will “hover” in place despite wind and currents.
The system in short, is nothing like conventional inboard drive systems. It is modern, it is electronic, it is easier and much more user friendly than the boats we’re all familiar. I do believe it is the shape of things to come.
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