Dockmate

About Us
Dockmate®, an extra pair of hands on board.

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You, as a yacht skipper, can now maneuver your ship from any place on board thanks to our Dockmate® wireless control system.

You can flawlessly operate two motors, horn, bow thruster, stern thruster and windlass with your fingertips. Watch to the centimeter how you berth your boat safely.

Dockmate® is a wireless extension of your engine controls while maintaining the exact feeling (e.g. the response time of the gearbox) of all the accessories mentioned above. Dockmate ® was developed completely from scratch by us at our parent company PPA-Electronics.

As yachtsmen with over 40 years of experience, we had hoped to find an affordable wireless remote control system that would simplify the oftentimes difficult boat docking experience.

After many years of building prototypes and extensive testing, we have developed several highly reliable and superb remote control products: the Dockmate® Single, Twin, Twist and Twist IPS (Integrated Propulsion System). Dockmate® allows every skipper to dock his boat single-handedly, as he is able to leave the helm and get a much closer look at his surroundings in marinas and other tight quarters, while still in complete control of the boat’s movement!

Done with uncertainties. How far am I from the jetty? According to the crew, often more than 1m, while in reality it’s only 30cm, or vice-versa.

Our unit will pay for itself in a relatively short time by not sustaining damage. You know how much fixing a scratch or, worse, a crack in your ship costs. It can also replace a winch or muscle strength when mooring: we let our own boat do the work through our Dockmate® to tighten the ropes.