ribs in february Gdynia

Ostroda · 17 February 2012, 08:07

had a nice day out testing 2 ribs in the bay of Gdansk at minus 8 degrees celcius.

the first a Parker 650 with twin Mercury 90 two strokes with post immersion start and a Parker 750 baltic with a Mercruiser 4,2 d 270hp.

Ostroda · 17 February 2012, 08:10

and more pics

ronin · 17 February 2012, 09:10

Ribs look great ... fab crisp day though looks very cold there, I love that type of day - and I have always wanted to go ribbing in Baltic - lucky beggars !

kerny · 17 February 2012, 09:58

Now that's what you call winter ribbing

great looking ribs BTW

Hightower · 17 February 2012, 13:08

Loved Gdansk and Gdynia when I visited several years ago. I remember the cold too....Brrrrrr -25 at night! How much is beer these days?

Look like you had fun?

The Slug · 17 February 2012, 20:57

Now thats what you call Baltic

I love my 6.3 its an awesome bit of kit just wish it was a bit quicker on the top end. What will the 750 cruise at? Top end speed?

Ostroda · 20 February 2012, 10:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slug

Now thats what you call Baltic

I love my 6.3 its an awesome bit of kit just wish it was a bit quicker on the top end. What will the 750 cruise at? Top end speed?

hi,

sorry for the late reply... both ribs achieve a similar top end speed of about 39 knots and cruise at 30 knots.

with a bit more room the 650 could probably chieve an extra 2 or 3 knots but we had to keep throttling doen in order not to hit any ice ;-) therefore did not achieve more than 39 knots.

Andre · 20 February 2012, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Slug

Now thats what you call Baltic

I love my 6.3 its an awesome bit of kit just wish it was a bit quicker on the top end. What will the 750 cruise at? Top end speed?

Paul you need to exchange notes with DNV as his Parker 630 is the twin of your rib. Both built at the same time and of the same spoecification. Jan (DNV) has done a lot of long distance cruising in different weather conditions so he has a lot of experience.

when your Parker 630 was known as Seahawk 3 the max speed I got out of her was about 37 knots. She was my third demo 630 and with the lifted bow the best of the three.

The Slug · 20 February 2012, 20:09

Andre, I'm really happy with my rib, its an extremly solid and well built bit of kit (and no i haven't been paid to say that either). I've also achieved similar speeds trimmed out in a calm sea, i guess its just human nature to want to go faster

Are you still having a 750 built as your new demo boat??

The Slug · 20 February 2012, 20:41

Chris, thanks for the info, looks like you had a cracking day on the water