No, the old savings account took a big enough bash as it is! I can definitely see the merit of the remote version though.
You don’t have to use the bow thruster manufacturers remote control, or even a dedicated marine version both of which tend to be very expensive. You can instead, for example, purchase through eBay for under £10 in the UK remarkably reliable remote radio control systems that fit easily to the directional control Solenoid for your bow thruster and which has a range of around 15 metres. I have one to control my windlass, while a friend has three used to control individually his windlass, his bow thruster and an electrically operated cabin top winch.
The one shown below actually has two transmitters included in the price, so the savings account won’t get quite so much of a bashing !!
The system I have on my boat for my windlass has been in use for several years and works remarkably well.
In the attached copy of an eBay advertisement, the grey wire attached to the radio receiver is its antenna, the black and red leads are for the 12 volt power supply to the receiver, these would be connected to your switched power supply to the thruster motor, while the white and yellow wires would connect one each to the port and starboard direction solenoids, and that’s it, simples !!
Oh, and ask her indoors for a splash or two of her red and green nail varnish so you can paint over the “in” “out” buttons to show which way the thruster operates when the appropriate button is pressed, or you could make some boring written labels.
