![]() ![]() It also includes special views for Music and Calendar apps that gives you quick information and basic controls. So it’s best to get a quote from a Dockmate installer. I don’t endorse one product or the other, I just endorse the fact that you need to buy it. DockMate adds mouse over window previews to the Dock, with useful built in window management tools. A 6 function (two engines, two thrusters, anchor, and horn) with the twist remote connected to CAN bus controlled engines will run about 12,500, but there is a litany of equipment specific options that can influence specific pricing for your boat. I’ve put together a short video and a demo as to how it works in action with a slight comedic twist and commentary throughout. I can tell you that I have clients that use Yacht Controller and clients that use DockMate the draw to Yacht Controller is that they’re featured on more boats and are a more proven product whereas DockMate addresses the issue of Dockmate occasionally falling out of sync by switching to an alternative channel which allows it to function through interferences. Some view this as an unnecessary cost but if I ask you what it costs to touch up paint during heavy winds and user error, it’s certainly well worth it on top of the fact of making your vessel more appealing to future buyers. Boat part number 1105219 is a new dock storage box from Dockmate, part number unavailable. We proudly present the next generation of wireless remote control systems. It’s going to cost between $10,000 - $15,000, again depending on your boat’s configurations and if you want that joystick feature or not. Dockmate is a Belgian company that has been in business worldwide since 2012. This in a sense makes a docking station obsolete as you’re not fixed, your boat washer won’t get the hose caught on one of those throttles and you don’t have to worry about your bastard nephew hitting buttons he’s not supposed to while you’re operating elsewhere.Īs for Yacht Controller pricing or Dockmate pricing, they’re virtually the same. Some boats, especially flybridges will have an upper & lower helm at the very least with many having a docking station or two on the port or starboard side which allowed a captain or operator to get better visibility closer to the dock, nearby the gunwale. ![]() Each provider offers a proportional controller, with a joystick that allows you to ‘point and shoot’ so to speak or gives you access to thrusters and throttles in a consolidated remote control.
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