Moelfre Lifeboat Day

[HUMBER P4VWL]

God are we really having a fuel off?

So what's the current record round Anglesey in a Rib? 55L

[nugent]

I did it on 174 ltrs Cough

[whackywoody]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

it's great fun and I think with a 90l fuel tank onboard round the island should be on the cards, after Caernarfon to Moelfre n back must be getting on for 1/2 the distance anyway 😎

Yo Mr Smooth, how far was the round trip from Ty Calch and Moelfre as I was quite surprised how much my fuel gauge went down. I should have checked with the chartplotter but I have given up with it as its crap and now only use it as a depth finder and that doesn't even work sometimes :e

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Yo Mr Smooth, how far was the round trip from Ty Calch and Moelfre as I was quite surprised how much my fuel gauge went down. I should have checked with the chartplotter but I have given up with it as its crap and now only use it as a depth finder and that doesn't even work sometimes :e

c'mon Gareth, get with it pal, you've got a new chart there, jus work it out from that, you'll av to take your shoes n socks off to do the maffs

approx 55 miles round trip from Caernarfon to Moelfre n back to Caernarfon

let's have a look at the chartplotter before you right it off, maybe just needs a hug to make it work, but I've found the thru hull transducers are much more accurate than the transom mounted ones

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Yo Mr Smooth, how far was the round trip from Ty Calch and Moelfre as I was quite surprised how much my fuel gauge went down. I should have checked with the chartplotter but I have given up with it as its crap and now only use it as a depth finder and that doesn't even work sometimes :e

Those depth guages don't work very well when you're high and dry Gareth!

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Those depth guages don't work very well when you're high and dry Gareth!

[rocknrolla]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

it's great fun Paul, but it'll never keep up with the bigger more powerful ribs, present setup it's good to around 32kts but runs out of puff then, but as it's chine walking at that point I don't see much point in going any bigger with the prop. it was fine in the rough stuff, but again it'll never keep up with the bigger ribs as it can't ride the swell n breaking waves like a bigger rib, dropping into the troughs with white water breaking over the bow tends to slow me down a touch, but maybe the rib is just better than me but, when it gets on the plane it's just soooooooooo much fun

The rib iz in betta nik than yo YODA when can i av a go

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by rocknrolla

The rib iz in betta nik than yo YODA when can i av a go

it's in betta nik than you as well grasshopper, you could have had a go on Saturday if you'd of turned up, but guess the wevva put you of eh, you young'uns ain't got no stayin power

we're ere till next Tuesday if you can get a pass out of the boss

[whackywoody]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

c'mon Gareth, get with it pal, you've got a new chart there, jus work it out from that, you'll av to take your shoes n socks off to do the maffs

approx 55 miles round trip from Caernarfon to Moelfre n back to Caernarfon

let's have a look at the chartplotter before you right it off, maybe just needs a hug to make it work, but I've found the thru hull transducers are much more accurate than the transom mounted ones

Nah, don't do homework and always been crap with it that's why I used to always give it to the hamster to chew on

The chartplotter has very little storage for tracking / logging and has no additional memory or sd slots. The screen is tiny and very poor in bright light

So not sure a hug would do much for it as I have got it in my head now that it needs to go

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Nah, don't do homework and always been crap with it that's why I used to always give it to the hamster to chew on

The chartplotter has very little storage for tracking / logging and has no additional memory or sd slots. The screen is tiny and very poor in bright light

So not sure a hug would do much for it as I have got it in my head now that it needs to go

best get yourself a new one then