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05 April 2012, 09:32
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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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Interesting Little Thing?
When a new Dry Stack customer said they were bringing a 5.4m inboard diesel RIB to us, we did kind of think that maybe they had it wrong - but sure enough it arrived. Thought it might be interesting?
It's an SR 5.4m with a Mercruiser 100hp inboard diesel. Apparently the MOD ordered 6 of them (at £65K each!!!!!!!) and then after receiving the first 3 decided they were not big enough for what they wanted so just moth balled the next 3 and then sold them. This one has just 14hrs on the engine, a S/Steel 5-blade prop, shock mitigation seats, self-righting equipment etc. Having given her a quick test, she seems to be a cracking little boat.
Anyone seen anything similar?
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05 April 2012, 09:41
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,000
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Ooops!
Make that a Yanmar engine not a Mercruiser!
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05 April 2012, 09:45
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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This will be her then: linky
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05 April 2012, 09:50
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
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Now that... I like very much would be great for intercepting any Black Shadows on or around the Irish sea
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05 April 2012, 11:32
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kerny
Now that would be great for intercepting any Black Shadows on or around the Irish sea
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Fear not - the Irish Sea is safe
(pic: donegaldan & willk on Interceptor Duty)
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05 April 2012, 12:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: plymouth
Make: Ribtec
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mercury 200 verado
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 412
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isnt there one of these for sale on ebay?
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05 April 2012, 13:57
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Feb 2009
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what a rare boat. Looks great. Glad to see willk is on black shadow watch. Those critters are breeding and need a cull.
If £65k, what have they been bought/sold at? whilst a great boat, you wouldn't want to pay that much.
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05 April 2012, 13:58
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Run
Apparently the MOD ordered 6 of them (at £65K each!!!!!!!) and then after receiving the first 3 decided they were not big enough for what they wanted so just moth balled the next 3 and then sold them.
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Great looking RIB.
Gotta love the MOD and their track-record on capital expenditure and project management. That's a bit like me convincing my wife that we sell both our cars and instead purchase a people carrier with every factory-fitted option we can think of... drive it for the weekend, then decide that it's actually too big for what we want and sell it, losing thousands in the process.
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05 April 2012, 15:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
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Quote:
Originally Posted by willk
Fear not - the Irish Sea is safe
(pic: donegaldan & willk on Interceptor Duty)
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I'm sure that there will be a patrol or two on interceptor duties around Scottish waters late August too
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08 April 2012, 19:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Yeovil
Boat name: Gert Lush
Make: ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 82
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Inside track
Hi This has come from a good source
The reason the MOD bought into this inboard boat was to replace the 5.4 models with petrol motors in them as they are banning petrol on board ships soon.
The trouble with them as I am told is when you load them up with say 8 people they are almost underwater !
The little 5.4 was not really designed for inboard motor + potentially 8 matlows....
I think someone in Avon hit the wrong keys on the displacement calculations computer box....
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08 April 2012, 19:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I wonder if he paid the full inflated price that the guy in Plymouth was asking for it?
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08 April 2012, 20:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Yeovil
Boat name: Gert Lush
Make: ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Hope he has not got a big family !!
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12 April 2012, 15:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 5,551
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Just had a colleaugue come up to my desk at work - ' Here Peter just insured a RIB for one of our clients ....a 5.4 searider .........' - yep this one !
Its a small world !
Pete
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12 April 2012, 16:12
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,299
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12 April 2012, 16:15
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,875
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
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Very resonable I'd imagine.
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