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23 July 2024, 21:54
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Supersport 3.45 super afternoon
Hi everyone. Just got out for a play today in my first rib. A ickle tiny supersport s3.45 30hp 2st. Fantastic
I'm over in Colintraive West coast Scotland 🏴 nice to meet everyone
Anyone local ?
Toby
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23 July 2024, 22:10
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Member
Country: UK - England
Boat name: Redneck
Make: Excel
Length: 3m +
Engine: 20 efi & 9.8 2s
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 3,284
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Hi Toby and welcome.
What a fantastic part of the country to live.
I bet your little rib fly's in the right conditions.
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23 July 2024, 22:13
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by Steve509926
Hi Toby and welcome.
What a fantastic part of the country to live.
I bet your little rib fly's in the right conditions.
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Thanks Steve. Bit choppy today and unsure how to upload videos. Planed at 14mph over chop
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23 July 2024, 22:43
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Member
Country: UK - England
Boat name: Redneck
Make: Excel
Length: 3m +
Engine: 20 efi & 9.8 2s
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 3,284
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Unfortunately the forum can't upload videos. You have to use a video hosting site (I use YouTube) and post the link.
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23 July 2024, 23:16
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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24 July 2024, 07:27
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: north ayrshire
Boat name: charlie girl
Make: S/R5.4/regal3760
Length: 10m +
Engine: Suzukidf70 2x6lp 315
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,928
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A great spot it was driving through the Kyle's & past the burnt isles on a family holiday trip 20 years ago that decided us to keep our cruiser on the west coast. We had trailered a 24ft cruiser up to largs & did crinnan & caledonia to Inverness & back. We were looking to base a biger boat somewhere & driving past the burnt isles made the decision for us. Kept a boat in largs for a few years then 15 years ago bought a house in west kilbride. We still love the Kyle's & everywhere around that area so much to explore. Even in a small boat you can travel big distances in safe sheltered water. Might bump into you at some point.
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24 July 2024, 08:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cambridgeshire
Boat name: Nimrod II
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yam 15 Tohatsu 9.8
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,778
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Welcome from me too. As said above a huge start for a boating interest to be based in your location.
Those older Avons are great boats. Do you feel the need for the prop guard or was it just on when you bought the outfit? They are very draggy and it would feel loads better without.
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24 July 2024, 08:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Colchester
Length: 5m +
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 2,960
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Lovely little boat a real classic. Small is sometimes good. If you do ever go bigger keep that little one as it certainly can go others places larger cant easily.
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24 July 2024, 09:28
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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What lovely responses, thanks everyone.
The prop guard was already on it. Does it have so much affect on speed handling etc ?
Hopefully I'll bump ( gently) into some of you.
Yes it's a brilliant location I'm jealous of myself. We had to leave our old rental up at " Achnacloich " which many of you will know where it is up by Oban. Posh owner decided to start selling off estate houses. So we asked for housing association help. Neighbours ended up 6 miles down road in Taynuilt we got the nicer deal I think 80 miles south at Colintraive lol.
Used to do a lot of kayak fishing ocean kayak trident 15. This is much shorter but feels much nicer platform. Can't wait to take rods out.
Toby
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24 July 2024, 09:33
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by Fenlander
Welcome from me too. As said above a huge start for a boating interest to be based in your location.
Those older Avons are great boats. Do you feel the need for the prop guard or was it just on when you bought the outfit? They are very draggy and it would feel loads better without.
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It was on it already. Advise welcomed.
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24 July 2024, 09:36
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by smallribber
Lovely little boat a real classic. Small is sometimes good. If you do ever go bigger keep that little one as it certainly can go others places larger cant easily.
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Plan is to go fishing round the kyles, burnt Isles etc and maybe boost to Rothesay for a chippie now and then lol
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24 July 2024, 10:17
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: Cambridgeshire
Boat name: Nimrod II
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yam 15 Tohatsu 9.8
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,778
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>>It was on it already. Advise welcomed.
Usually you'd only find a prop guard on a boat used where you might expect folks to be fallen in the water such as a sailing club safety boat. But rarely seen on a leisure use boat.
They lose loads from responsiveness and top speed plus add to fuel consumption. I'm just going to pick a figure out of the air and say if your outfit was capable of 25kts it may be less than 20kts with the guard on.
Hopefully others with direct experience will be along and offer more insight.
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24 July 2024, 13:02
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenlander
>>It was on it already. Advise welcomed.
Usually you'd only find a prop guard on a boat used where you might expect folks to be fallen in the water such as a sailing club safety boat. But rarely seen on a leisure use boat.
They lose loads from responsiveness and top speed plus add to fuel consumption. I'm just going to pick a figure out of the air and say if your outfit was capable of 25kts it may be less than 20kts with the guard on.
Hopefully others with direct experience will be along and offer more insight.
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Last boat I had was a 17 foot old fishing boat with cuddy with a mariner 40 on back. Iirc. That was 15 years ago. This felt quite nippy but actual gps speed was a bit crap tbh. Mrs and I up front and I think we maxed out at 19mph once. I've no experience of fast boats to compare to. Mind this was in choppy and a bit lumpy sea.
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24 July 2024, 13:11
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Isle of Lewis
Boat name: Macleod Special
Make: Mako Thundercat
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 70ces
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,256
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Cracking wee boat, I really like that setup. But 100% ditch the prop guard, does no good and as mentioned will slow you down and cost you a lot in fuel
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24 July 2024, 13:37
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Pic of my old boat. Just a bit of an upgrade with the current one lol. Forgot it was a 30hp too.
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24 July 2024, 13:57
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Will do. Lovely to hear such positive remarks about we rib.
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24 July 2024, 13:59
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: COLINTRAIVE
Boat name: FireFly
Make: Avon
Length: 3m +
Engine: 30Hp Mariner 2st
Join Date: Jul 2024
Posts: 17
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Cracking wee boat, I really like that setup. But 100% ditch the prop guard, does no good and as mentioned will slow you down and cost you a lot in fuel
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You may recognise the harbour in the other photo.
I'll ditch the guard
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24 July 2024, 20:52
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 504
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A cracking bit of the country, especially from a boating point of view.
Nice little boat for exploring around the plentiful and beautiful coastlines you have in the area.
I’ld suspect that setup won’t half shift once you get out when it’s not so rough.
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28 July 2024, 15:47
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: north ayrshire
Boat name: charlie girl
Make: S/R5.4/regal3760
Length: 10m +
Engine: Suzukidf70 2x6lp 315
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,928
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Another great day out!
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28 July 2024, 16:08
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: Cambridgeshire
Boat name: Nimrod II
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yam 15 Tohatsu 9.8
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,778
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Looks an idyllic day. Wonder if the prop guard is off yet?
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