Finally, Yamaha announced plans to introduce DockPoint™ to the market in 2024. The first official product produced through the Yamaha Marine Innovation Center, DockPoint is the newest feature of Helm Master EX Full Maneuverability which automatically docks a properly equipped boat at the touch of a finger.

Using minimal additional hardware, a Yamaha Multi-function Display Interface (MFDI) and a Garmin® MFD, Yamaha can now make a multi-engine, Helm Master EX-equipped boat with a clear view of the sky approach any one of up to 100 user-defined slips, correctly orient the boat according to the desired direction input by the operator and position itself in that slip automatically according to the operator’s pre-selected setting. Additionally, boaters can set the system to automatically select manual control or Full Maneuverability Joystick mode once in the slip, where the operator can then command the boat for fashioning to the dock.

Click here for a short video demonstrating DockPoint.

Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit, based in Kennesaw, Ga., markets and sells marine outboard motors ranging in size from 2.5 to 450 horsepower. It also markets and sells fiberglass, jet-drive sport boats ranging from 19 to 27 feet, and personal watercraft. The unit includes manufacturing divisions of Yamaha Marine Systems Co., Inc., including Kracor of Milwaukee (rotational molding), Bennett Marine of Deerfield Beach, Fla. (trim tabs), Siren Marine of Newport, RI (Connected Boat) and Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers of Indianapolis (stainless steel propellers). Yamaha Marine Group is a division of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., based in Cypress, Calif.