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23 January 2012, 14:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
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How long will it last??
Over the weekend a customer on the Dry Stack has decided to mount this to the top of his "A" frame!
Can't see it lasting for long - am I wrong?
Anyone got any experience?
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23 January 2012, 14:48
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
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Wow what a cracking job! Look out fabricators on here eh!
Top rack from now on then?
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23 January 2012, 15:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Forest
Boat name: Charlie Brown
Make: Scorpion
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thats gotta be a couple of ŁKs worth of HD radar up there on what looks like a couple of rulers!
dont see that lasting much more than an hour in anything other than flat calm!
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23 January 2012, 15:06
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Can't decide which I like the least...the bracket design or the 53 ratchet clips 
Seriously, it's just a template to assess height and stuff, right? 
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23 January 2012, 15:14
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
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Engine: 200HP Optimax
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Fitted a couple using products from here:
www.scanstrut.com
May be he hasn't heard of them.....
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23 January 2012, 15:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leapy
Can't decide which I like the least...the bracket design or the 53 ratchet clips
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Nooooooo. I think they are way past the assessment stage!!!!!!
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23 January 2012, 15:27
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: A large rock
Boat name: La Frette
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Engine: 200 Suzzy
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Perhaps it's designed like Japanese sky scrapers are to absorb the vibration from earthquakes. Designed to wobble so it absorbs the impact stresses. Not sure I'm convinced tho'
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23 January 2012, 15:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
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Is it stainless or alloy needed some cross brasses in what ever.
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23 January 2012, 15:38
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
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Quote:
Originally Posted by discomick
Is it stainless or alloy needed some cross brasses in what ever.
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Alloy of some sort.
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23 January 2012, 15:44
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Country: Belgium
Town: Gent
Boat name: Viking
Make: Tohatsu 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: Merc 1.7 DTi
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Bye-bye radome!
I predict "bye-bye radome" as soon as he hits anything other than flat calm water!
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23 January 2012, 15:46
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Town: swanwick/hamble
Boat name: stormchaser
Make: custom rib
Length: 8m +
Engine: inboard/diesel
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The best way of making that look anything near right is to build a smaller aframe to go on top of your original one. The best way would be to remove the frame and weld the new one on top
sent from a remote device
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23 January 2012, 17:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Make: Ballistic
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Engine: Yam 225
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even if it does stay up there (which i doubt), the sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky-sea - sky will not give the HD vision he has paid for 
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23 January 2012, 17:46
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
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He will have to get Pikey Dave to make one like his a proper job.
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23 January 2012, 17:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
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He will have to get Pikey Dave to make one like his a proper job.
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That really is a POS  Probably made by the same bloke who made the drybox brackets. The radar reflector is a waste of time an 'all. Can't understand someone willing to shell out top dollar for the HD scanner & then mount it on that abomination, it takes all sorts I suppose.
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23 January 2012, 19:00
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leicester
Boat name: Vixen
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki OB 175
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biffer
The best way of making that look anything near right is to build a smaller aframe to go on top of your original one. The best way would be to remove the frame and weld the new one on top
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Would also alow routing of cable internally which would be neater, flat bar - hmm?!
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23 January 2012, 20:11
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
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I recommend a lanyard for this particular installation
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23 January 2012, 20:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: North Lincolnshire
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Check out the method used to connect the radar frame to the A frame, looks like its clamped to the A frame with more flat bar.
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23 January 2012, 20:28
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
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''War of the Worlds'' Fan or What?  And we know what to ''Them''.....Why would anyone spend good money on Radar and fit it like that??
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23 January 2012, 21:55
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
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Low bridge
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Run
Can't see it lasting for long - am I wrong?
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Here's hoping the owner doesn't take a short-cut if they're trailering it!
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Is that with or without VAT?
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23 January 2012, 22:23
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Country: UK - England
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Quote:
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Here's hoping the owner doesn't take a short-cut if they're trailering it! |
I know that bridge on Bonis Hall Lane!
A google map of it:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=53...d%20Kingdom%29
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