Sea-rider Refurb

[Richard B]

Not in the same way that Mark Pascoe loves his Range Rover, I hope!

Ian - do I detect a touch of nostalgia?

[narked]

I remember that boat! I seem to recall nearly parking it on top of DMs boat.

Doesn't look right now that it's bloomin' white and blue. They should be orange and grey!

[froglover]

A good selection of pictures.

My question is:- How much would a refurbishment like this cost approximately for a Humber 5.3m?

How long did it take?

Is it a real job for the Proffessionals or could it be done at Home in a garage?

I could certainly manage the spraying but never worked with the other materials before. Your thoughts please.

Regards

[Jono Garton]

Froglover

Ed (Ribraff) is the man to see about price etc

I thought about doing the hull myself, but when i considered how much i was spending on the tubes, i thought let the pro's do it.

Rather than tarting this up I have gone for a full refurb, this boat is virtually brand new. I have had a new jockey console from avon. Hull stripped and gelcoated (white) new tubes in heavyduty 1500gsm hypalon (blue), new engine (75hp Mariner), new trailer (admiral), everthing is new on it.

Its been down at ed's for about a month. But he knows i've been in no rush for it. Great service, freindly, professional, well priced, i would reccomend olmec (ribraff) to any one

I was going to use it as our main teaching boat for next year, but now got diesel pro sport coming. So gonna sell it.

[Ian]

Originally posted by Richard B
Ian - do I detect a touch of nostalgia?

It was a great boat for a first rib and was wonderfully reliable (except for the one occasion when MeMe had his fu**ing camera with him
Looking forward to seeing her when delivered back to Pwllheli.
Nostalgia no, just focused on March!

[ribraff]

Finished

[ribraff]

Sea-rider

[ribraff]

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[ribraff]

The cost of doing a job like this depends on the state of the hull, this one was pretty good so the ground work did'nt take too long.
The inside is flowcoated and an anti-slip flooring applied along with the console which has also been sprayed up in white.

[Pete7]

Ed, looks good, did you say you sprayed the gelcoat on the outside of the hull ?

Pete

[ribraff]

I used Crystic topcoat to spray the hull with, spraying gel-coat is a bit of a nightmare and crystic gives good results.

[Jono Garton]

See you monday !!!

[Bobaw]

Ribraff

The console seems to be located to Starboard slightly, is this by design (if so why?) or is it just placed without fixing for photographic purposes?

Regards
Bob

(Reason for asking about to refix my console after an overhaul and want to place it correctly - boat and engine details on my profile.....)

[ribraff]

The console is offset on this boat, i believe most of the sea-riders are, i think it's done that way to give easy access to the bow, i have'nt seen this amount of offset on other boats but then the deckspace on these sea-riders is fairly small.

[Alex Brown]

since the console is to the right on the pic, that wouldn't happen to be anything to try to counter the 'twist' on the boat caused by larger engines would it?

-Alex

[Jono Garton]

The hull and deck are molded this way by avon, the deck is raised slightly where the console meets.

[jwalker]

Ribraff, what's Crystic topcoat? Paint, resin, epoxy....

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally posted by jwalker
Ribraff, what's Crystic topcoat? Paint, resin, epoxy....

I think Crystic is a brand isn't it...scott bader

[Rogue Wave]

Scott Bader He was a bloody brave pilot that bloke

The Avon Sea Rider SR 5.4 is a Search and Rescue vessell and the offsett is to allow you to get a casualty ( or Stash) onto the boat more easily and to leave a space for them to lie down while being transported to safety.

It also has the added advantage that it does compensate bloody well for the twist effect of the prop as you are leaving the water.

These boats really are my favourite Ribs,

[Jono Garton]

Just got a good deal on a 115 2 st, so gonna drop that on it