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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
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A fantastic looking rib, stunning pics, what can I say, you've got it all mate.
Many thanks for sharing,
Steve.
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15 June 2010, 21:00
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Country: Greece
Town: Pireus
Boat name: Joanna
Make: marin stiletto 737
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude ETEC 250
Join Date: Jan 2009
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beautiful boat !!!!!
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16 June 2010, 11:23
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Country: Norway
Town: Trondheim
Boat name: Gullfisken
Make: No name
Length: 9m +
Engine: Inboard, diesel, 370
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Thanks for all the nice comments!
Created a short video clip from the trip.
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16 June 2010, 20:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Near Godalming
Boat name: AJA
Make: Ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha F150AETX
Join Date: May 2009
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It's just the same 'round Yarmouth way.
I wish!
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17 June 2010, 00:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Boat name: Happy Days
Make: Zodiac
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 4St/4HP
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Ah, Norway...
Lovely pics, extremely envious of your location!
We went to Norway for my 40th and took the Hurtigruten from Bergen to Tromso - absolutely the best experience of our lives, ever! Norway rocks!
Got a couple of vids on youtube for anyone interested....
As usual, Mrs MikeP makes an appearance here and there....
To digress slightly, in the second vid, there's a bit about 3 and a half minutes in where we are stood at the front of the ship in a slightly rolling sea and the prow goes diving down into a wave. You can hear a big CLUNK noise (no idea what that was, maybe the captain dropped his tea mug...)
Anyway, that was our first day onboard the Hurtigruten, and I strongly suspect that the bridge crew, upon seeing a bunch of tourists crowding around the prow area oohing and ahhing at the scenery, decided that a little impromptu splash might be a bit of fun. Well, it was - I went down like a sack of spuds as the ship hit the bottom of the wave.... unfortunately using my ass to destroy the 18-55mm lens on the SLR which was slung over my shoulder at the time.
Now you can't visit Norway without a wide angle lens on your camera, so when we got to Alesund, I managed to find a camera shop that was able to sell me the most expensive lens I have ever bought in my life. Lovely people, very helpful.
Got some fantastic shots with it, though, so take this not as a complaint, but more as a warning if you should find yourself at the prow of the Hurtigruten on the first day of a trip north in a rolling sea with an SLR slung over your shoulder.
Well, you never know ..... :-)
PS, whilst I'm fully taking a trip down off-topic alley, we had a tour of the Hurtigruten bridge. Now, I don't know what I was expecting really - a white-whiskered, salty old sea dog grappling the wheel with a big brass compass and an almanac, perhaps ? Or a smartly turned out captain issuing clipped commands to a crack crew with one of those throttle things that goes 'ding ding' every time you move it to a new setting....
But no. A bored looking bloke sat in a big comfy recliner on a swivel, coffee cup in one hand, magazine in the other, with a massive flat panel in front of him showing the current position via GPS and our course as a yellow dotted line. It's all autopilot, of course!
I felt vaguely let down. There wasn't even a parrot.
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17 June 2010, 00:36
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Inverness
Boat name: none
Make: none
Engine: none
MMSI: none
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Have you been to Shetland before? (it's a bit, well, underwhelming  ) |
I have to agree. We have made at least two trips to Orkney each year for many years and would love to live there but one trip some years ago to Shetland was enough. Never been back...........
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17 June 2010, 11:15
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
MMSI: ex directory!!
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Hi you must be very pleased with your rib it looks absolutely stunning. The video was first class and brought back fond memories of my visit to Bergen many years ago beautiful country. You make me very jealous as your cruise looked to have everything. many happy years with your 'baby'
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08 July 2010, 12:54
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Country: Norway
Town: Trondheim
Boat name: Gullfisken
Make: No name
Length: 9m +
Engine: Inboard, diesel, 370
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Had to post this. I just love the sound of this engine. (turn up the volume) 
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08 July 2010, 15:13
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Country: UK - England
Length: 7m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
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When I win the lottery this weekend im going to order one of those Goldfish but I want twin pipes coming out of the back ! Must sound terrific at full howl. Very Jealous ...
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09 July 2010, 00:47
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,238
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Dunno about that.  Norway looks a bit light on bikini clad lovelies when compared with the above.  |
Just pop in to Amsterdam on the way home. All about balance.
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09 July 2010, 02:21
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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
Posts: 3,726
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Had to post this. I just love the sound of this engine. (turn up the volume) |
Hell yeah
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09 July 2010, 10:01
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: North Wales
Boat name: Maverick
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki 300
MMSI: 235068145
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Great video - and awesome scenery and rib - !! What an engine howl - love it !
Ronin
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09 July 2010, 19:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 408
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I love that the guys with the kind of boats that I dream about still have something to dream about! It's kind of cool but worrying at the same time: - no boat, you think 4m is plenty; 4m, you start fantasising about 6.5m; and so on and on ....
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09 July 2010, 20:47
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,238
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Originally Posted by Shaz
I love that the guys with the kind of boats that I dream about still have something to dream about! It's kind of cool but worrying at the same time: - no boat, you think 4m is plenty; 4m, you start fantasising about 6.5m; and so on and on ....
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On the same basis, having had an SR 5.4 and moved up to a 6.3, I often wish I had an SR4 when it's calm just to blat around in. Never been in one but imagine take off and agility to be awesome. If it's as different as the 5.4 to 6.3 the other way, miles more smiles per pound! probably like a jet ski, but dry!?
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09 July 2010, 21:27
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,627
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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL
On the same basis, having had an SR 5.4 and moved up to a 6.3, I often wish I had an SR4 when it's calm just to blat around in. Never been in one but imagine take off and agility to be awesome. If it's as different as the 5.4 to 6.3 the other way, miles more smiles per pound! probably like a jet ski, but dry!? |
a SR4 - dry... ...I think you are mistaken!
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09 July 2010, 22:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 408
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Yeah I was wondering about that ! - but never been on a jet ski so can't comment on comparitive moistness
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09 July 2010, 22:36
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 5,238
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Drier?
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11 July 2010, 03:03
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portland, Dorset
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 408
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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL
Drier? |
Well yeah, SR4's aren't exactly reknowned for being dry in the 'as a bone' sense of the word though !
Anyway, sorry, I'm digressing from pretty pictures of big boats
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11 July 2010, 06:00
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,151
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Very impressive boat, beautiful pictures and video! Saw some photos of Trondheim on google earth - what a beautiful city! Nice to see some trip reports where substantial distances are travelled.
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13 July 2010, 12:12
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Member
Country: Norway
Town: Trondheim
Boat name: Gullfisken
Make: No name
Length: 9m +
Engine: Inboard, diesel, 370
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaz
I love that the guys with the kind of boats that I dream about still have something to dream about! It's kind of cool but worrying at the same time: - no boat, you think 4m is plenty; 4m, you start fantasising about 6.5m; and so on and on ....
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I think it's only natural and also healthy to have something to dream about and work towards.
I've been boating almost all my life. Owned a few smaller boats. After seeing a Goldfish 29 a few years ago, decided that THAT was the boat I wanted. Been working my ass off after that to be able to buy one. Now that I own one, I've actually started looking at other boats. Going to enjoy my 29 for a long time to come, but having something new to dream about/work towards is nice 
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