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Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucestershire
Boat name: Osprey
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: E-tec 300 G2
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Tha It's far from brilliant due to the absence of neutral lock but it could be a lot worse
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Never caused me any problems, I guess for beginners it probably helps ;-)
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12 June 2011, 10:17
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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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Thanks everyone for your comments  I think I am going to go for the 50 or 60hp.
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12 June 2011, 11:57
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
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Might as well be the 60 then so... 
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12 June 2011, 14:20
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
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I think your right willk. 
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12 June 2011, 15:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Nothing around at present that I'd rather have. 
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12 June 2011, 17:29
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Member
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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Well it looks like these etec's are highly regarded by those that own them. So I guess, you can't get a better feedback than that.
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12 June 2011, 23:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dinard, Brittany
Boat name: Into the Red
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude E-tec 250HO
MMSI: 235 076 114
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Plus a very good owners forum: Owners Message Board
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13 June 2011, 01:11
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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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I refer the honourable and learned gentleman to post no. 8 in this thread
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13 June 2011, 18:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
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Just had a quick gander on there website, it looks very informative.
Thanks gotcha and BM
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13 June 2011, 19:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Just had a quick gander on there website, it looks very informative.
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If you join the etec owners group, just remember to spell it ETECH, it really amuses the cousins, especially Jimh 
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13 June 2011, 20:24
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Country: UK - England
Town: bath
Boat name: -
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
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Talking of Evinrudes, does anyone have any experience or views on their military spec 55 MFE Jet apart from their high cost and that they can run on whiskey ?
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31 August 2011, 15:11
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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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After Kerny's maiden voyage, would he like to comment on the engine of choice now?
Perhaps he's stuck UP the boat yard and unable to put DOWN his tools.
  
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31 August 2011, 16:13
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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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Come Paul be easy on him, remember the golden rule do not gloat, cause you never know!
I should know with the trouble Ive had with my block on the blunt end!!
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31 August 2011, 16:31
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
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I know, but Kerny's fine, the problem fixed itself by morning and I know he was well happy with the boat on that trip out to Moelfre and back to Caernarfon bar...... that I missed out on. 
Plus he's more embarrassed by the whole garage door incident. 
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31 August 2011, 16:59
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Country: Sweden
Town: Stockholm
Make: KR7
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude 150 H.O
Join Date: Aug 2005
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The E-tec 75 hp is stronger, 81 hp i saw somewhere. 90 hp was under 90hp....
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01 September 2011, 12:20
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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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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL
I know, but Kerny's fine, the problem fixed itself by morning and I know he was well happy with the boat on that trip out to Moelfre and back to Caernarfon bar...... that I missed out on.
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ooo the cats got his claws out. " ouch" as with the hanger doors!! no problem,,, it's staying on the tarmac. 
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01 September 2011, 12:27
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Member
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
Posts: 7,078
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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL
After Kerny's maiden voyage, would he like to comment on the engine of choice now?
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The etec seemed fine although I think the 60 is slightly underpowered for this rib and the 75 would be far better. I suppose the trim problem could have happened to any make of engine and it is being looked into. But the etec "purrs" nicely and the 3 year 300hrs first service seem's purrfect to me.
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01 September 2011, 15:01
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
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I'm just jealous i've not been on the water since may. Boat looked good in the pics Captain K
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01 September 2011, 17:29
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: clifden
Boat name: outbound
Make: avon 6m\ osprey 6,25
Length: 6m +
Engine: outboard suzi df140
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 42
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etec
after having worked lately on an etec 150 06 , both i and the owner would no longer bother with them, now thats just our opinion, but there s just too much variables attached, we re miles from a brp agent and when you cant replace an injector with out a plug in , it really is a joke, we need to be able too fix engines ourselfs and thats not possible with the new 2 strokes and they give a lot of trouble, if you do buy an etec keep the fuel clinicly clean, a sniff of water and your in trouble,, however been a 2 stroke buff i love the idea, the power the lightness and the sound while on muffs is brilliant, its just a pity they dont perform as they should, sorry just my 2 pence worth
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01 September 2011, 23:15
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Member
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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Quote:
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You're miles from a BRP agent?
Personally I love mine, got the computer and software though have not needed it yet, and it gives me 150hp doing 1.2 miles per litre instead of 115hp guzzling 1.2 litres per mile.
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