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08 April 2015, 07:52
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Town: Littlehampton, W Sx
Length: no boat
MMSI: 235101591
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Coat-hanger boat
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08 April 2015, 08:52
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Country: UK - England
Town: gloucestershire
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Nov 2012
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I would have thought Darwins law should have been applied !. 
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08 April 2015, 08:55
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,632
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Originally Posted by HughN
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It's scandalous isn't it. Have you seen what boat builders charge, even a scruffy thirty year old sea rider costs 100x that.
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08 April 2015, 09:41
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Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
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I'd like to see the faces of the Guys standing round!...looks like they're Holding Hands for...support!?? 
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08 April 2015, 10:12
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Town: Littlehampton, W Sx
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The odd thing is that they could have used the same approach to design a 'proper' hull shape, cover it in fibreglass and have something with a bit of stability and with a keel.
I'd love to know whether the glue they used was waterproof...
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08 April 2015, 10:17
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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I wondered when this one would come up.
The question on my lips is... Does it qualify as an RBB?
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08 April 2015, 10:40
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
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Originally Posted by HughN
The odd thing is that they could have used the same approach to design a 'proper' hull shape, cover it in fibreglass and have something with a bit of stability and with a keel.
I'd love to know whether the glue they used was waterproof...
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The boat didn't sink... they just need a better propulsion system!
Oh and some lifejackets (one of them couldn't even swim!). Oh and some means of calling for help...
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08 April 2015, 10:41
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
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Originally Posted by Nos4r2
The question on my lips is... Does it qualifiy as an RBB? |
 
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08 April 2015, 16:08
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Denny
Boat name: Highland Bluewater
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Mar 2013
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"Better propulsion system" ......What, like a a kick up the 4r5e ? .
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08 April 2015, 17:50
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Tango
"Better propulsion system" ......What, like a a kick up the 4r5e ? .
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I remember building a "boat" from a polystyrene tray that was powered by Alka-Seltzer as part of a physics experiment once...
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08 April 2015, 17:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poly
I remember building a "boat" from a polystyrene tray that was powered by Alka-Seltzer as part of a physics experiment once...
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Good ol Poly!
Technic...?
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09 April 2015, 15:53
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Town: Denny
Boat name: Highland Bluewater
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That sounds like drug abuse..................... 
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09 April 2015, 22:19
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Our forefathers just 60-70 years ago were making boats from two sheets of plywood, some plans obtained from a newspaper/magazine and glue that by modern standards we wouldn't say was waterproof and some very basic hand tools.
They then sailed them, often with their kids, with no training, no VHF, no mobile phone, no life jacket. They got away with it. They are seen as pioneers.
Today someone builds a more buoyant craft. The OAR breaks not the boat. Foolhardy ... Probably. Pioneering...? You never know ask in 60 years.
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09 April 2015, 22:21
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Tango
That sounds like drug abuse..................... |
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09 April 2015, 23:29
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyShoe
Today someone builds a more buoyant craft. The OAR breaks not the boat. Foolhardy ... Probably. Pioneering...?
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If you saw the 'oar', you wouldn't be asking that.
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