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21 November 2017, 02:08
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Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
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Back In Black!
Harbour Safaris is in the process of updating our Parker 10m rib to some new power...can't wait to get them out and running! Adding an extra 100 ponies to the back!
More photos to follow as we get into them!
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22 November 2017, 08:45
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,872
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Quote:
Originally Posted by islandflyer
Harbour Safaris is in the process of updating our Parker 10m rib to some new power...can't wait to get them out and running! Adding an extra 100 ponies to the back!
More photos to follow as we get into them!
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Good news as the performance will for sure be greater 
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22 November 2017, 13:44
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 185
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In the water. Getting tested today. Of course I'm out of town!
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22 November 2017, 14:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by islandflyer
In the water. Getting tested today. Of course I'm out of town!
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Nice very nice 
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22 November 2017, 17:01
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Member
Country: USA
Town: S. Carolina
Boat name: D560
Make: Avon
Length: 5m +
Engine: 2016 Merc 115hp CT
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,277
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Quote:
Originally Posted by islandflyer
In the water. Getting tested today. Of course I'm out of town!
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Underinflated... I see wrinkles. 
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22 November 2017, 17:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Porchfield
Boat name: Katie
Make: Stingher
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 350 x 2
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 697
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Quote:
Originally Posted by islandflyer
In the water. Getting tested today. Of course I'm out of town!
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Nice , cracking engines, you’ll get a real pronounced whine from the supercharges when in the upper rev bands - it’s addictive!
You can be sat cruising at 30 knots, hit the throttles and the 350’s accelerate hard till you get scared lol, you’ll have some fun with them
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22 November 2017, 18:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lincoln
Boat name: Zoom
Make: Zodiac
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 10
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 80
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Looks good, What was wrong with the etec’s
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22 November 2017, 23:51
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 185
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I'm excited to get on the throttles, that's for sure!
The etecs hit 1000 hours and are now out of warranty. We did have some issues with them, lower units mainly. The verados have been almost flawless for us, so we went back.
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24 November 2017, 12:38
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 185
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Still haven't been behind the wheel but here's an on the water shot
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24 November 2017, 13:15
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Spammer
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Stirling
Boat name: Macaw
Make: Parker 750 CC
Length: 7m +
Engine: VERADO 300XL OB
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 203
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Also available in other colures
We very much like our one.
How to you find the fuel burn on the Verado compared to the Evirude G2 ???
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24 November 2017, 13:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Callum Stewart
We very much like our one.
How to you find the fuel burn on the Verado compared to the Evirude G2 ??? |
Hi Callum, I like your new boat not a rib but still a Parker
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24 November 2017, 17:23
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
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On our first long trip it looks like we burned about 8% more fuel.
HOWEVER - at the 20 hour service we will be swapping props (dealer didn't have the 4-blade he wanted to use in stock) which should be a bit more efficient for cruise.
And I'll likely try a set of Enertia Eco's in a month or two, for some reason dealer doesn't have them here.
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26 November 2017, 05:02
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
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You can really hear the difference in the turbocharger whine between the verado 250s and 350s in this video!
Still haven't driven the boat yet...
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26 November 2017, 16:53
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Town: West Sussex
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I can hear them but can't see anything. The screen goes blank as soon as the clip starts
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26 November 2017, 17:09
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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 Andre
I can hear them but can't see anything. The screen goes blank as soon as the clip starts
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That’s cos you are blacking our with the g-force!
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26 November 2017, 17:11
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Nassau, Bahamas
Boat name: Harbour Safaris
Make: Parker RIB 9m & 10m
Length: 10m +
Engine: Verado 250 & 350
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 185
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Hold onto your pants...
Try this:
https://youtu.be/UqoH8YaKTfs
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26 November 2017, 18:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
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Quote:
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Much better and you could have had them from the start
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27 November 2017, 19:59
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Spammer
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Stirling
Boat name: Macaw
Make: Parker 750 CC
Length: 7m +
Engine: VERADO 300XL OB
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Parker 750cc
Hi Islandflyer, we are using a 19”x14” Mercury Vensura 4 blade & find it very good. At WOT 6000rpm 42kn & 111ltr hour - 30kn 50ltr hour. We tried a Michigan Wheel Apollo 18” it was terrible lost 5kn off top end & fuel burn was up. 
Andre hope life is good with you!
We are into our second season with the 750cc. Alan Stirling ( top man ) sorted us out with the 2016 London boat show 750cc with a fantastic deal. I have to say the quality of the mouldings & layout are fantastic. The 300 Verado is a beast & it’s a fantastic boat in the rough stuff. Staff at Inverkip marina are also great to deal with. They bend over backwords to help you out not like at Largs!!!
All the best Callum
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27 November 2017, 21:45
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Callum Stewart
Andre hope life is good with you!
We are into our second season with the 750cc. Alan Stirling ( top man ) sorted us out with the 2016 London boat show 750cc with a fantastic deal. I have to say the quality of the mouldings & layout are fantastic. The 300 Verado is a beast & it’s a fantastic boat in the rough stuff. Staff at Inverkip marina are also great to deal with. They bend over backwords to help you out not like at Largs!!!
All the best Callum
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Islandflyer, sorry for highjacking your thread but Callum and I go back a long way. Next year will be 20 years when we first met on the Round Scotland 1998. That was a very memorable rib cruise
Callum, I am pleased you like the boat and thank you for your kind words. Allan is a superb guy. I remember your boat from the LBS . The first one of ours with a white Verado
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