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21 August 2008, 06:36
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Its comming.....
After an eternity of waiting, my rib is starting to take shape.
Here is what I ordered :
Cougar R8 Sport.
Custom Yellow/Black Tubes
Mercury Verado 300
Garmin 5015
Navman 7200 VHF
Flexi teak decking
Carbon Dash
I am still not sure on the VHF and Plotter so I am open to suggestions.
Tony
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21 August 2008, 06:43
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Country: UK - England
Town: Rutland
Length: no boat
Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by Tony
After an eternity of waiting, my rib is starting to take shape.
Here is what I ordered :
Cougar R8 Sport.
Custom Yellow/Black Tubes
Mercury Verado 300
Garmin 5015
Navman 7200 VHF
Flexi teak decking
Carbon Dash
I am still not sure on the VHF and Plotter so I am open to suggestions.
Tony
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Very very nice 
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21 August 2008, 08:52
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Country: UK - England
Town: New Forest
Boat name: Charlie Brown
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: 275 Verado
MMSI: 235069179
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,082
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 
that looks loverly!!!!!
as for the plotter, i am a convert to Raymarine kit now. used it on our boat and its so easy to get used to and easy to read quickly.
given the speed of your boat reading quickly may be important!!
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21 August 2008, 09:00
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 931
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Originally Posted by Zippy
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
that looks loverly!!!!!
as for the plotter, i am a convert to Raymarine kit now. used it on our boat and its so easy to get used to and easy to read quickly.
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Hi Zippy
We had a Raymarine on the Scorpion and I fancied a change..The Garmin comes in a 15" flavour... 
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21 August 2008, 09:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Worcester
Make: Northcraft
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115hp Yam 4 stroke
MMSI: 235063097
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Wow that is one gorgeous RIB Tony! Very envious!! Post some more pics when it's complete.
I too like Raymarine kit but I think the Geonav plotters are better made ( http://www.geonav.it/home-english.html) ...And use the same charts as Raymarine.
Never used Garmin so cannot comment on their products.
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21 August 2008, 09:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
After an eternity of waiting, my rib is starting to take shape.
Here is what I ordered :
Cougar R8 Sport.
Custom Yellow/Black Tubes
Mercury Verado 300
Garmin 5015
Navman 7200 VHF
Flexi teak decking
Carbon Dash
I am still not sure on the VHF and Plotter so I am open to suggestions.
Tony
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WOW! that baby is realy going to cut a dash! very nice.Well done MrT.
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21 August 2008, 11:31
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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
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Whoa! That's a serious bit of kit.
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21 August 2008, 11:55
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Shepperton
Boat name: Shamu
Make: BananaShark
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 optimax
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 148
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i really like the look of those Cougars. what speed are you hoping to acheive with the 300 verado? They're big outboards.
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21 August 2008, 12:26
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewy
i really like the look of those Cougars. what speed are you hoping to acheive with the 300 verado? They're big outboards.
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With a bit of prop testing...possibly 75mph... 
Tony
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21 August 2008, 12:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Sussex
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Tony, nice rib indeed. as you are having the Verado 300 why not go for the Northstar M121 then connect the Smartcraft vessel viewer using the Smartcraft Gateway to the M121 . The engine management system can then be viewed on the M121 as well. It is also a very good chartplotter as I have the same on my rib
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21 August 2008, 13:55
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Boat name: Worth the wait
Make: Parker
Length: 7m +
Engine: Outboard
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I would echo what Andre has suggested, the Northstar/Navman kit is very easy to use and when linked to the Mercury/Mariner engines give some very good info.
I have the Navman 8084 and as long as I remain with these engines, would not go anywhere else.
Nice colour scheme by the way
Regards
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21 August 2008, 16:28
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by 250kts
I would echo what Andre has suggested, the Northstar/Navman kit is very easy to use and when linked to the Mercury/Mariner engines give some very good info.
I have the Navman 8084 and as long as I remain with these engines, would not go anywhere else.
Nice colour scheme by the way
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I am not much of a "fiddler" just love driving.. so I am not sure I would use all the techie engine stuff.
Tony
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21 August 2008, 18:45
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha
Join Date: May 2006
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75!! clucking bell!!
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23 August 2008, 09:21
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Haven't really thought about it..but what sort of steering wheels do you guys use?
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23 August 2008, 21:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bradford on Avon
Boat name: tbc
Make: Sunseeker (AshleyD)
Length: 8m +
Engine: 2 x coal burners
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally Posted by Tony
Haven't really thought about it..but what sort of steering wheels do you guys use?
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This set up looks pretty cool ..
http://www.solutiondigital.net/cougarrib.html
Ian
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27 August 2008, 10:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally Posted by Tony
Haven't really thought about it..but what sort of steering wheels do you guys use?
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Hypro supply a wheel that is carbon fibre effect, but has a soft feel to it and they look great as well.
I would echo the thoughts about the Navman stuff - you get lots of fuel / distance info as well, so you know your range and how much fuel you need to get somewhere at your present throttle setting, easy to use too!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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27 August 2008, 11:39
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 931
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Originally Posted by Cookee
Hypro supply a wheel that is carbon fibre effect, but has a soft feel to it and they look great as well.
I would echo the thoughts about the Navman stuff - you get lots of fuel / distance info as well, so you know your range and how much fuel you need to get somewhere at your present throttle setting, easy to use too!
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Have you got a website for the steering wheels?
Thanks
Tony
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27 August 2008, 18:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Length: 9m +
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www.hypromarine.com
this is the wheel cooky is on about...
Out of interest, what is the reason for the delay, and what's the excuse? 
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27 August 2008, 21:00
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Guernsey
Boat name: Monkey Nutz
Make: Cougar R8 Sport
Length: 8m +
Engine: 350Sci Verado
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 931
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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
www.hypromarine.com
this is the wheel cooky is on about...
Out of interest, what is the reason for the delay, and what's the excuse?
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That is a fantastic wheel....
Delays were blamed on Shipping from the states, and when the Rib arrived 3 weeks ago there was a problem with the tubes, so they have to be replaced.. 
New date is September 19th..
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29 August 2008, 14:18
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
www.hypromarine.com
this is the wheel cooky is on about...
Out of interest, what is the reason for the delay, and what's the excuse?
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That's the puppy - they feel good as well!
Dirk where did those switches come from in the background of the photo?
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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