BOATS GEAR TECH Rock Steady Nothing smooths out troubled waters like today’s lightning-quick sense-and-adjust boat stabilization systems BY RICH ARMSTRONG, BOATU.S. SENIOR EDITOR ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS GETTY IMAGES/MASSIMO1G BOAT MOTION TERMINOLOGY Pitch...
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BOATS GEAR TECH Rock Steady Nothing smooths out troubled waters like today’s lightning-quick sense-and-adjust boat stabilization systems BY RICH ARMSTRONG, BOATU.S. SENIOR EDITOR ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS GETTY IMAGES/MASSIMO1G BOAT MOTION TERMINOLOGY Pitch bow-stern movement up-down Roll port-starboard sway side to side Yaw bow heading movement side to side M ost boaters could gladly do without all the rocking and rolling – and the stumbles, bumps, drops, and spills they cause. And we could all do without seasickness. Boat stabilization technology continues to improve and, with AI making products respond even faster, a growing number of manufactur- GYROSTABILIZERS ers are selling their new boats with a stabilizer system already installed. And more owners are retrofitting the technology to their boats. Trim tabs have been around since the 1960s (and still work great), but today’s trim-based attitude- control systems, momentum-generating gyrostabilizers, and fishlike fin stabilizers sign
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