Fast sib on ebay

navaraman · 15 August 2009, 20:26

Just having a nose round on ebay when I came across this listing
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mariner-10hp-2...d=p3286.c0.m14
Acording to the seller, it's damn fast. See what you think?
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chewy · 15 August 2009, 20:31

Hmmm bollocks.

Poly · 15 August 2009, 20:35

He is claiming that a 2.7m SIB(airdeck) with a 10 HP 2/str engine does 43 mph, and would go faster in flat water

I can't imagine it going significantly faster than my 3.9m boat (solid hull) with 20HP. Which tops out at 22 knots (25 mph / 40 kph). It might get a knot of two with a better prop etc... ...so I would suggest he probably managed 43 km/hr not miles per hour.

Oh and if he could do 43 mph in a SIB he wouldn't be getting a PWC for more excitement!

navaraman · 15 August 2009, 20:56

I did think that it might raise a few chuckles :O)

Also, getting a bit excited myself now, off to collect my mew sib in the morning. A 3.2 airfloor honwave with a 4s 9.8hp tohatsu. I will list more details after I get it. Woohoo

thornbackflound · 15 August 2009, 21:13

43 mph ,Jesus thats faster than my mate's 18ft Raider WITH a 130 h/p honda ,lol

JSP · 15 August 2009, 21:22

Come on lads, have you not seen his secret to the speed? .......shh...come ere....It's got wheels. Tows the fecker trough the shallows with his landy.

nexus · 26 August 2009, 00:49

I used to have a 10' Avon SIB w/ wooden floor. Totally overpowered with a 25hp 2stroke evinrude that had the head worked on some. One up on flat water it would do a cool and repeatable 41mph by gps.

It was a pretty intense experience holding on to that tiller for dear life.

MustRib · 27 August 2009, 17:24

I have a Honwave 3.8 with a 20hp Yam 2 stroke.
On the rare occasions when the sea is flat enough I can squeeze 21 knots out of the rig, measured on the GPS.
Any claims of 43 mph from a smaller boat with a 10hp is utter bollocks.
I expect you would recognise the boats seller by the fact that his normal sized legs would be attached to a 1 foot high upper torso, due to the spine compression suffered while running over any ripples higher than 6 inches at 43 mph in his SIB!