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02 September 2012, 11:51
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Ok......so after talking ot many different people im swaying towards a RIB. ive found some very nice cheap ones on boats & outboards! 2006 selva 510 with a selva 50hp 4 stroke on the back within my budget! & theres a 2004 avon adventure with a 50hp 2 stroke! Both look very clean RIB's and great price & definatly would work for me!
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02 September 2012, 12:22
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Town: Up Norf
Make: Avon SR4,Tremlett 23
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I wouldnt be much better! Passed my driving test in april & got a motorbike instead cause 3k for insurance is waaay to much!
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How did you pass your car test and get a bike, must have done your CBT?
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02 September 2012, 12:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: NW Surrey
Boat name: Lady Helen
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Reversing - Yes it's hard to start with but fairly easy to learn. Reversing a trailer round a corner is quite different from reversing one (mostly straight down a slipway, assuming you can turn it round by hand). The first time I tried reversing down a slipway I had to pull forward about a dozen times, the 4th time (which was the most recent) it was only three!
The second time I was out, someone came to launch as I was getting out. He stopped at right angles to the slip and reversed round in one movement - something for me to aspire to. 
Getting good at reversing is just practice, just like tying shoelaces, learning to drive or algebra!
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02 September 2012, 15:37
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Town: Portsmouth
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Yeah agreed ! 
Im only 18 so I have only watched people reverse and have never tried. So a few weeks before I launched my boat for the first time, I went to a nearby industrial estate and just practiced reversing round corners and into parking bays.
I found this very helpful and it was good to practice without loads of people watching
Luckily my local slipway is so wide I can just drive down to the water and turn around, then just reverse straight. 
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02 September 2012, 15:49
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How did you pass your car test and get a bike, must have done your CBT?
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Yeah i did my cbt & ive got a little yamaha xt125x. Ill attempt revesing soon! Its just where i launvh its packed with people crabbing in the summer who dont move for anything!!! On side of the slip is a wall & the other a big drop!! :S
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02 September 2012, 15:50
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My advice, stick close to the wall, not the drop
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02 September 2012, 16:32
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"crabbing in the summer who dont move for anything!!!"
Yep,a lot of that around.Another good reason for Winter days out!
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02 September 2012, 18:35
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All i need to do is get a new kill switch on my engine & then stick it up for sale! Anyone want a thundercat? 
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02 September 2012, 19:06
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Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
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All i need to do is get a new kill switch on my engine & then stick it up for sale! Anyone want a thundercat? |
How much?
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02 September 2012, 19:08
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Town: swanage
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How much?
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for the thundercat?
watch this...its my boat, i filmed it earlier this year
theres loads more videos on my youtube channel
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02 September 2012, 19:44
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Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
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Nice one kid
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02 September 2012, 23:44
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What do people think of AB RIB's? Ive found a nice 2008 AB 14vs with a 60hp yammy
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03 September 2012, 09:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
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What do people think of AB RIB's? Ive found a nice 2008 AB 14vs with a 60hp yammy
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I would hold out for anther good SR4 with a light 50hp on it?
I love charging around in my 6m Ribeye, yesterday we had 8 of us on it Hamble to Cowes & then to Bembridge & back to Hamble.
But 1 or 2 up just out for a blast the SR4 is just such a blast & if you want to you can still cram 5 or 6 of you in it!
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03 September 2012, 09:41
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I would hold out for anther good SR4 with a light 50hp on it?
I love charging around in my 6m Ribeye, yesterday we had 8 of us on it Hamble to Cowes & then to Bembridge & back to Hamble.
But 1 or 2 up just out for a blast the SR4 is just such a blast & if you want to you can still cram 5 or 6 of you in it!
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Wouldnt mind an sr4 but i know this sounds picky but i dont like the console i think its too far forward plus this AB has bow, console & bench seat storage plus it looks much nicer
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03 September 2012, 10:06
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
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Wouldnt mind an sr4 but i know this sounds picky but i dont like the console i think its too far forward plus this AB has bow, console & bench seat storage plus it looks much nicer
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OK looks do account for some thing do you have links to what you are looking at?
My eldest daughter (14 years old) was horrified when I bought our SR saying it was distrusting & would not be seen on it let alone drive it!
After a bit of fettling & her being told by boys of the same age how cool a SR was I now do not get a look in & she tells every one it is her boat!
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03 September 2012, 11:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
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Really - dont buy the Adventure ( although I love mine) - if your used to thundercat you will hate it after about ten minutes.
For that sort of money a nice SR4 will come up.
There is very little that will give as much as an SR4 in practical terms - load it up , go quick and wave jump all in one boat ...
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03 September 2012, 11:05
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There is very little that will give as much as an SR4 in practical terms - load it up , go quick and wave jump all in one boat ...[/QUOTE]
do they have much storage space in them? or is it just stick it on the floor?
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03 September 2012, 11:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
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Storage & SR4 are not words that are used together very often - if at all !
A couple of big dry bags strapped the seat/ a frame should sort you though ( they can be a little 'damp'  )
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03 September 2012, 11:37
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[QUOTE=PeterM;485226]Storage & SR4 are not words that are used together very often - if at all !
A couple of big dry bags strapped the seat/ a frame should sort you though ( they can be a little 'damp' )[/QUOT
thats what i thought youd say  Id prefer something thats got some storage cause i hate a messy boat!
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