Poole, IOW weekend

DJL · 28 July 2002, 14:59

Took the RIB down to bournemouth on Friday. I have just had a major engine problem fixed and wanted to make sure everything was working ok before dragging aload of friends down for a watersports weekend.

...Friday at Baiter slip, Poole Harbour, just getting ready to launch

DJL · 28 July 2002, 15:02

Nice calm day in Studland bay.

DJL · 28 July 2002, 15:04

Random picture of the console with the IOW in the background

DJL · 28 July 2002, 15:06

Saturday I decided to launch in Christchurch River and head over to Lymington via the Needles for lunch.

DJL · 28 July 2002, 15:08

Lunch at Lymington town quay..

Richard B · 28 July 2002, 23:38

As you got safely back with the pictures, I guess your engine repair was successful!

BTW - has the Baiter slip at Poole Harbour still got those daft spring loaded taps at the wash-down area?

DJL · 29 July 2002, 18:49

I think so, I gave up taking a hose there years ago! I wonder which bright spark came up with that brilliant idea! They are completely useless.

benjamin · 30 July 2002, 12:05

Very interested in that auxiliary engine mount - what stops the little mercury from shaking itself loose and what speed can she reasonably make under 'aux' power?

DJL · 30 July 2002, 20:11

On a fairly flat sea she will make a good 6knots and 4knots in 'heavy' seas.

I have found that 4-strokes make much better aux's, I tried a few before I bought the merc 4 4-stoke. Didn't get any where near as good performance from 2-strokes. Shame about the extra weight though.

The engine is mounted directly to the transom. I have screwed one of those plates you find on SIB's to the transom. I havn't had any problems with it shaking itself loose. I just make sure that its tightened every now and again.

*Speeds measured with GPS

Richard B · 30 July 2002, 23:34

Pleased to see the term SIB being used!

wavelength · 18 August 2002, 22:21

We were down at poole end sep/beginning august-Baiter slipway taps have gone -notice says because of illegal atachment of hosepipes with risk of contamination of water supply!? Strange-I have a hosepipe attached at home and haven't polluted my drinking water yet. Even the caravan site we parked up on had fitted new taps that a hose would not go onto no matter how hard you tried because of instructions by local water authority. Strange how we have survived so long with all these hosepipes polluting the water!