Owner Training

Beneteau Swift Trawler 50 with Pod drives

The Swift Trawler 50 is Beneteau’s latest design in the cruising boat world, with a Volvo IPS Pod Drive System. This innovative design offers the operator better maneuverability via Joy Stick Control assisted by bow thruster and trim tabs. The task at hand was to deliver the boat from Charleston to FLIBS, the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. So we took this opportunity to introduce owner Brad to his new baby and had an excellent sea trial en route. […]

Owner Training

Learn About Bridge Clearance

Beware of your next bridge clearance. Many of you have spent the summer cruising the fresh waters of North America. Lulled into sliding under fixed bridges like the 20 footers on the Erie Canal, you now need to WAKE UP and be prepared for tidal, salt water cruising… […]

Owner Training

Pod Drive Propulsion

IPS, ZEUS, Zed F (ZF) are the popular Pod Drive Propulsion Systems for modern planing hull pleasure boats. Many commercial vessels use Z Drives, the earlier industrial version of the pleasure boat Pod Drive. […]