Dometic releases film on DG3 gyrostabiliser development

Dometic has launched The Voyage, a documentary-style film charting the engineering development behind its DG3 gyrostabiliser.

Featuring insights from the designers, engineers and innovators at Dometic Marine, the film provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Dometic challenged conventional gyro technology.

The company claims faster spin-up times, 40 per cent lower power consumption and enabled broader accessibility for recreational boaters. 

Gyrostabilisers are engineered to counteract wave motion and reduce side-to-side boat roll by as much as 95 per cent, making leisure boating more comfortable for those onboard.

Engineered to counteract wave motion and reduce roll by up to 95%, the new unit targets common consumer obstacles to gyro ownership by focusing on power efficiency, reduced maintenance and faster response times.

With its new DG3, Dometic set out to overcome common obstacles to gyro ownership, delivering industry-leading spin-up and spin-down times, greatly reduced energy consumption, electric actuators with active precession for faster response and better performance, and maintenance-free design. 

Dometic’s DG3 has been awarded both an NMMA Innovation Award at the 2025 Miami International Boat Show and the Dame Design Award at Metstrade 2025 in Amsterdam. Read about all the 2025 Dame winners.

The new film shares how the Dometic Marine team overcame engineering and design challenges throughout DG3’s development. It also explains the “why” – how Dometic designers and engineers set out to make the benefits of gyrostabilising technology accessible to more boats and boaters around the world. 

The Voyage was filmed and produced in and around Dometic Marine’s design and manufacturing centre in Vancouver, Canada.

“We recognised early on that we needed outside-the-box thinking and bold adaptations of our core technologies to truly take gyro performance to a whole new level,” says Dometic marine segment president, Eric Fetchko. “For DG3 to be truly revolutionary in terms of spin-up time, power consumption, ride-smoothing performance and durability, we had to achieve things that had never been done. This film takes the audience into our design room, factory floor and testing facilities as we create what will be the first of many gyro systems in the future.”

The Voyage is available for viewing in both full-length and shortened versions on Dometic’s website. Dometic is also providing the video to authorised dealers, installers, boatbuilding partners and other industry stakeholders to use in their facilities and at boat shows and events worldwide.