Rotating saildrive

Well today i drove a 45 ft yacht with a rotating 360° saildrive, controled by a joystick , that also controled the bow thruster at the same time.
Well i had about 3 mins to practise then had to drive it in the dock. Not long to learn but did ok.
Twist  the joystick left or right and the rear of the boat goes that way . Push the joystick left or right and the bow thruster comes on.
Pushing the joystick forward or back and the boat moves in that direction.
I can put a yacht anywhere with a rudder and bow thruster. But this new device take all the fun out of driving . Next they will have it on remote.
I have driven motor boats with this fitted and it does make things alot more easy. Well we have to wait and see if this catchs on.

Motor boat training

Today , I had motorboat training. What a great day .Driving around Portsmouth harbour for 6 hours. Having a packed lunch tied up to a bouy with a great view. Needed the training because the boats at work are getting quite big. Princess 23 mtr the other day.
Got called a true pro. Not sure about that. But feel alot more confident. Its ok now we'll give it a bash.