Capt. Steve Demos Docking On Command from Meridian

Capt. Steve reminds us of what docking is like without Meridian’s new “Docking On Command” system.

When boaters move up into large motoryachts it is only
natural that they
have apprehensions about docking – particularly in a strong cross
wind or cross current situation when there is only 6” of clearance on either side
of the boat. The solution was introduced several years ago when Volvo Penta introduced
the IPS pod drive system with joystick. Later joystick systems came out for other
brands of diesels and then gas engines and still later for stern drives, too. But
what wasn’t talked about much was how much more the pods and the joystick technology
cost, which was as much as an additional $25k in some boats. Meridian Yachts has
had a solution for the last year that solved both the difficulty of docking, and
the high cost problem with a system called “Docking On Command.” It is simply a
bow thruster and a stern thruster built into the boat with an easy-to-visualize
control mechanism at the helm. Capt. Steve gives
you a video demonstration
and his opinion of how it measures up against pod drives --


See tests of all Meridian boats --