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22 June 2011, 15:25
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: PPG Gulwing
Make: PPG Marine
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 300hp Yamahas
Join Date: Oct 2010
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The Gulwing
Some photos of the Gulwing last weekend, launching in the water at Drivers Dry Berthing before they headed off down to Poole for the Annie Beakhust Cancer Race.
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22 June 2011, 15:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Boat name: Worth the wait
Make: Parker
Length: 7m +
Engine: Outboard
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,446
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What happened to the big Yamaha? Looked in a very sad state being towed in by the ILB!
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22 June 2011, 18:22
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Length: 9m +
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I believe it broke it's saddle.
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22 June 2011, 18:56
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: swanwick/hamble
Boat name: stormchaser
Make: custom rib
Length: 8m +
Engine: inboard/diesel
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Yep
Sent from a remote device
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23 June 2011, 09:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: PPG Gulwing
Make: PPG Marine
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 300hp Yamahas
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Yes unfortunately the saddle broke. Such as shame as the boys said the boat was going brilliantly. Just one of those things I guess in those conditions.
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23 June 2011, 09:08
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,225
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It's a fact that the Mercury Offshore saddles are the strongest around and hard to compete with when it comes to racing in conditions like that.
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Cookee
Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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24 June 2011, 09:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: Yarmouth
Boat name: 74 Rouge
Make: Aquavite
Length: 7m +
Engine: 200 O/B
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 318
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mash
Yes unfortunately the saddle broke. Such as shame as the boys said the boat was going brilliantly. Just one of those things I guess in those conditions.
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Big shame as it was certainly good conditions for the PPG.
Agreed that when it comes to middle units Mercury are still the best, although not un-breakable.
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24 June 2011, 13:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
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Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam Younger
Agreed that when it comes to middle units Mercury are still the best, although not un-breakable.
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Done a couple myself - anything else will break - it's a question of "when" not "if"!
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Cookee
Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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24 June 2011, 20:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Length: 9m +
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Ouch!
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24 June 2011, 21:01
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Holy **** there must have been some serious forces at play there!
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12 July 2011, 10:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Tinkerbell
Make: Rib
Length: 7m +
Engine: Merc
Join Date: May 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
It's a fact that the Mercury Offshore saddles are the strongest around and hard to compete with when it comes to racing in conditions like that.
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This may be true its just all the other bits that fail when you have a merc
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12 July 2011, 13:28
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
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Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally Posted by Trailer Bloke
This may be true its just all the other bits that fail when you have a merc
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I'm sure all (OK most) outboards have their good and bad points, but I really believe keeping the thing on the back of the boat is a priority!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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12 July 2011, 16:11
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
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12 July 2011, 18:52
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Country: Sweden
Town: Stockholm
Make: KR7
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude 150 H.O
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
It's a fact that the Mercury Offshore saddles are the strongest around and hard to compete with when it comes to racing in conditions like that.
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The conditions must been very bad, even a mercury at the same race had some problem
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12 July 2011, 19:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
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Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joakimhansson
The conditions must been very bad, even a mercury at the same race had some problem
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Not the Offshore Saddle though! I believe they are Opti 225's with regular saddles.
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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12 July 2011, 19:49
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Town: Stockholm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
Not the Offshore Saddle though! I believe they are Opti 225's with regular saddles.
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From Amaryllis.
Did not know they had offshore saddles
Any pic on the offshore saddle??
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12 July 2011, 19:52
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
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Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
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At least half the team is aware of what they had, the XR2, EFI's etc all have beefed up "Offshore Saddles" with solid mounts and generally a bit stronger. A picture won't tell you much as it's all buried underneath everything.
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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12 July 2011, 19:56
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Country: Sweden
Town: Stockholm
Make: KR7
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude 150 H.O
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
At least half the team is aware of what they had, the XR2, EFI's etc all have beefed up "Offshore Saddles" with solid mounts and generally a bit stronger. A picture won't tell you much as it's all buried underneath everything.
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Thanks Cookee...
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