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27 August 2012, 21:22
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
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Love this pic. You can keep your sunseeker
Interceptor. 'nuff said.
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27 August 2012, 21:31
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
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Cool  .. as with all such pics .. who the hell was waiting to take it 
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27 August 2012, 21:44
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Country: Ireland
Make: Zodiac Mk I
Length: 3m +
Engine: 15 hp Yam two stroke
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Same pedigree and probably same place-Roches Point,Cork
Sure have someone handy there
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27 August 2012, 22:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Boat name: Worth the wait
Make: Parker
Length: 7m +
Engine: Outboard
Join Date: Apr 2008
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The vodeo is quite good too!
Steve
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27 August 2012, 22:06
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
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Just awesome. Love to go out in one in some good waves, though not quite that good!
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27 August 2012, 22:35
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I wonder what happened just after the video ended? 
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27 August 2012, 22:38
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
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Yahh awesome .. thats the vid of the photo for sure .. I loved the shots of them powering up and surfing the wave .. they was just messin' about
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27 August 2012, 22:39
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
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I think he expected dampness 
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28 August 2012, 07:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: N. Devon
Boat name: (Not Another) Nutkin
Make: Highfield
Length: 6m +
Engine: Outboard, Honda 135
MMSI: 232036183
Join Date: Dec 2008
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There are a number of US venues where they train in water such as this;
Could be fun, in some one else's kit!
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28 August 2012, 14:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes
Boat name: if only you knew!
Make: n/a
Length: 10m +
Engine: large
Join Date: May 2007
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Interceptors are great for the big swells, but awful for short chop, speak to most pilot coxn's who had Nelsons that now have interceptors and many will swop without hesitation... I am in no way bashing the interceptors as they are as strong as an ox, however for pilot boat ops in particular, then the Nelson hull is far more exact and predicable whilst manoeuvring towards a vessel at the outer pilot station - especially near Nab Tower for those that know it!!
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28 August 2012, 14:55
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Country: France
Town: Huisnes sur Mer
Boat name: Raufoss
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mercury 50
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 789
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Interceptors are great for the big swells, but awful for short chop, speak to most pilot coxn's who had Nelsons that now have interceptors and many will swop without hesitation... I am in no way bashing the interceptors as they are as strong as an ox, however for pilot boat ops in particular, then the Nelson hull is far more exact and predicable whilst manoeuvring towards a vessel at the outer pilot station - especially near Nab Tower for those that know it!!
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The man knows his Pilot boats....
Hence the reason the SP boats (Southampton Patrol, Harbour Master launches Spitfire etc....) no longer go out any further than the PC buoy off Cowes.
Simon
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28 August 2012, 16:27
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Town: Oakland CA
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Treerat; the first video was on the Columbia River bar, from the USCG Motor Lifeboat training school (Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, Washington.)
The second is apparently a river a bit further south.
Love those 47MLB's.
Thanks for the videos.
jky
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28 August 2012, 19:46
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Country: Ireland
Make: Zodiac Mk I
Length: 3m +
Engine: 15 hp Yam two stroke
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Working on the Edge
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28 August 2012, 20:34
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha
Join Date: May 2006
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What an awesome job! getting paid to go wavejumping!
Would be interesting to see them over the limits as they look indestructable...
I want one...
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29 August 2012, 16:29
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Town: Oakland CA
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The 47MLB is self-righting. It will roll 360 degrees and keep going. I understand that you lose some $10K worth of radio and GPS antennae when you do that, though...
Don't know if you'll hit the boats limit or the crew limit first. I'd bet it's crew.
jky
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07 September 2012, 00:54
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by nikster
Interceptors are great for the big swells, but awful for short chop, speak to most pilot coxn's who had Nelsons that now have interceptors and many will swop without hesitation... I am in no way bashing the interceptors as they are as strong as an ox, however for pilot boat ops in particular, then the Nelson hull is far more exact and predicable whilst manoeuvring towards a vessel at the outer pilot station - especially near Nab Tower for those that know it!!
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Pretty much the view of the folks here who run them. There's a Nelson 40 used by the company I used to work for which has been around for 20 odd years and an Interceptor 42 that has been imported in the last few years by another company used in a similar agency role - which covers everything from pilot boat ops to medical evacuations from fishing vessels, tourist work and delivery and collection of crew and cargo. The experienced coxswains all say the Nelson is the one to take out when it's weather not to be out. Having been on it, it is a bit of a submarine and goes through stuff rather than over it so a lot of the time you can't see much even with the wipers on full blast but you should get there!
Bloody impressive video though, and as the OP said, you can keep your gin palace Sunseeker 
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07 September 2012, 07:54
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: N. Pembrokeshire
Boat name: Various
Make: RIBs & Hovercraft
Length: 9m +
Engine: Outboards
MMSI: Various
Join Date: May 2009
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For popping down the shops
If I had the money, i'd love one of these..... Interceptor 42 - FAFB
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07 September 2012, 09:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: southampton
Boat name: TOP CAT 2
Make: Scorpion 8.1
Length: 8m +
Engine: 250hp HO
Join Date: Aug 2003
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The man knows his Pilot boats....
Hence the reason the SP boats (Southampton Patrol, Harbour Master launches Spitfire etc....) no longer go out any further than the PC buoy off Cowes.
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My mate Southampton HM rekons its the dogs dangles.... Gonna ask him now, as it may have been pub talk, but with his lifeboat experience too, i just took it as true
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07 September 2012, 10:26
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Interceptors are great for the big swells, but awful for short chop, speak to most pilot coxn's who had Nelsons that now have interceptors and many will swop without hesitation... I am in no way bashing the interceptors as they are as strong as an ox, however for pilot boat ops in particular, then the Nelson hull is far more exact and predicable whilst manoeuvring towards a vessel at the outer pilot station - especially near Nab Tower for those that know it!!
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Exactly why I bought one
That and the budget didn't stretch to a hot out the mould interceptor....!
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07 September 2012, 11:21
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Littlehampton, W Sx
Length: no boat
MMSI: 235101591
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Isn't visibility from the Nelsons limited by having a patch over one windscreen?
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