Matt Trulio

True innovation from Mercury Marine and Raymarine displayed today at Lake X, https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-n...ines-at-lake-x.

Wildman_grafix

Impressive,,,,, I would thing to get that to work in fast tides or high winds has to be a HUGE undertaking.

Nate5.0

ok that is pretty damn cool

Matt Trulio

The system is a few years off, I think, from a consumer release but it's really, really cool and has a ton of potential (Think collision-avoidance and more.) For the current wave of giant center consoles from the likes of MTI and Nor-Tech, I could see it ending up as a must-have option.

X-rated

WOW!!! If they could just get that thing to put itself on the trailer and wipe itself down you would never have to leave the house.
WTF is this world coming too???

Matt Trulio

Understanding and appreciating the point I think you're making, I'm going to gently disagree. Making boating easier is a solid goal if bringing new people into activity is an objective. Mercury's Joystick piloting is a great example of that.

At one point, bow thrusters on anything other than a big yacht were sacrilege. Now you see them on 38-foot center consoles. Why? Because they make life easier and, as my friend Bob Teague likes to say, it takes 100 attaboys to erase one "Oh crap."

You know, there are days when I miss the manual transmission in my old BMW 2002. Until I get into traffic, which is most of the time. Then, I kind of dig the six-speed automatic transmission in my current vehicle. I used to rely on radio traffic reports to get where I'm going in the most efficient way possible Now, I use Waze—and it works a whole lot better.

X-rated

Yes but it would be sweet if it could wipe itself down!!

Matt Trulio

If you invent that one you won't have to work another day in your life. And I'll apply for a job working for you.

Indy

The next generation of kids are going to be WALL-E.

larslindroth