Boat Thruster Guide

What to buy, what it costs, what it takes to fit

Index

Every page on this site

All 62 guides, tools and reviews, grouped the way the menu is. If you do not know which one you need, start with the thruster finder, the tool here that matches a unit to your boat. It asks six to eight questions and lists the thrusters that fit.

Your boat

Start with the hull you own. Each guide sizes the thruster for that boat, prices the job and says which products fit.

Choosing one

Whether you need a thruster at all, which type and size fit the boat, and what each maker publishes about its own units.

What it costs

Dated prices for the unit and the job, by thruster type, by boat type and by length, and how to take a quote apart.

Installing it

Which jobs an owner can do, what a yard bills for the rest, and the cable and battery the makers specify.

Owning one

What to check when it will not run, what the manuals ask for each year, and what to look at on a boat you are buying.

Reference and fine print