Operation - Jeanneau SUN ODYSSEY 41 DS Owner's Manual

14.12.3 Operation

1. General points
- The 360 Docking system is a manoeuvring aid to facilitate coming alongside and leaving the
dock. This system must not in any circumstances be used as a means of navigation, even
during approach manoeuvres in port.
- In some use modes of the system, especially sideways movement, the bow thruster has to
work very hard. This leads to a significant power draw on the bow thruster battery bank and
raises the temperature of the bow thruster motor.
- For its protection, the bow thruster is equipped with a temperature alarm which gives 5 short
beeps 10 seconds before cutting off the power to the bow thruster. When the bow thruster cuts
out, keep your hand on the joystick with the bow thruster out of operation. You need to wait until
it has cooled sufficiently before restarting it manually by pressing both buttons on the bow
thruster control simultaneously.
- To avoid this inconvenience and to protect the bow thruster we advise you not to use the bow
thruster for more than 30 seconds at a time and to allow it to cool between each use.
Note: Once the bow thruster has cut out due to overheating you should allow around 4 hours for
it to return to ambient temperature. If it does overheat you can start using it again without wai-
ting 4 hours but the possible usage time will be reduced.
- After each manoeuvre using the bow thruster, be sure to maintain the charge of the bow
thruster battery bank: either by connecting your boat to the mains socket on the dock, or by
keeping the engine at a cruising speed of at least 1700 rpm (engaged or disengaged) for at
least 30 minutes after the last manoeuvre.
2. Propeller
- The propeller supplied with the boat is the only propeller validated by the
engine manufacturer that allows optimal operation of the 360 Docking
assembly. No other propeller should be fitted otherwise there will be serious
malfunction of the base or of the engine itself.
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