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20 May 2002, 23:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
Boat name: "
Make: Ribcraft, Cowes Mari
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IOW, QE2 and RIBEX
Well.... the original plan was for a round the IOW trip, but in the end we just made the trip from Southampton to the Island
(Note I thought these big RIBs were supposed to be dryser than TomKat!)
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20 May 2002, 23:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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Make: Ribcraft, Cowes Mari
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Engine: Mercury 90hp 4-strok
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The famous "Folly Inn" - my first time!
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20 May 2002, 23:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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After a "Crew pot" of lamb goulash - back to Topaz for the trip back to Southampton
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20 May 2002, 23:24
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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Whats this we spot departing from Southampton?
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20 May 2002, 23:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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Make: Ribcraft, Cowes Mari
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Looks familiar....
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20 May 2002, 23:27
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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They didn't have to send her out just to welcome Topaz back 
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20 May 2002, 23:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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The RNLI take a look - but I think that RIBS a bit small for all those passengers 
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20 May 2002, 23:33
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Off she goes - New York I expect.....
All the passengers taking a last look at Britain... and its RIB escort...
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20 May 2002, 23:34
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Town: Portishead, Bristol
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Nice legs Jono!
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20 May 2002, 23:36
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and she's out
John (Scubakid) - you can stop fishing now!
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20 May 2002, 23:37
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Ribex - What TomKat dreams to be 
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20 May 2002, 23:40
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Town: Portishead, Bristol
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Live displays by the Cowes RNLI
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20 May 2002, 23:42
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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RibCraft 5.85 - Hopefully mine won't be long 
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20 May 2002, 23:45
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and off for a test run.
So there we go.... Not quite round the IOW but we did make it there
and how many others arrived at RIBEX via RIB?
I gave Jono a lift on TomKat - but come on who else????
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21 May 2002, 12:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: Upavon, Wiltshire
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Great pics Jools. If you thought it got slightly wet in Topaz just think how wet it would have been on TomKat 
John
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21 May 2002, 13:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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But - once your wet, your wet. You can't get any wetter.
TomKat would have been er.... interesting 
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21 May 2002, 18:18
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which slip did you use
in attached pics ? whereabouts etc as it looked very good
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21 May 2002, 21:57
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There aren't many people......
that the QE2 turns out to welcome but the thought of missing the Graeme/Jono/Jools combo was just too good to miss .
Only sorry that I wasn't with you all 
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Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.
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22 May 2002, 08:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portishead, Bristol
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The slip we used was "Crosshouse Hard" in Southampton - a stones throw from RIBEX and Ocean Village Marina.
The page on the new updated boatlaunch website is
http://www.boatlaunch.co.uk/Site_dataPage91.html
I'll post Geoff the pictures of the slip to add to his site.
Good slip - but stick to the middle as that part extends, the sides drop off! - Could clearly be seen at low tide on the Sunday.
Jools
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22 May 2002, 17:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Essex
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Make: Zodiac
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Jools,
How was the Ribcraft 5.85 demo? What were your thoughts on the 115EFI Fourstroke? Have you ordered a similar setup on yours?
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