T&T: Oil usage and bow thrusters

[John Baker]

The boat I have now is the first boat I have ever owned with a bow thruster.  I have to say it is pure decadence although that is not the purpose of this post.  I have only owned the boat for about 4 months in which I have put about 80 hours on it.  The bow thruster seems to use quite a bit of oil.  My previous boat(Prairie 29) had tons of windage and only a single with NO thruster and it was always quite rewarding to dock.  So when I dock this boat(Mainship Pilot) the bow thruster just recieves a little nudge if at all.  It might recieve 5 seconds of usage per docking maneuver.  Anyway, is this normal?  I am under the impression that the seals may be leaking but there is no water coming into the boat and I have looked for a sheen on the surface of the water after activation.  But the oil level decreases nonetheless.  Thanks in advance.
   
  Trawler on,
  John

 
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