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07 November 2018, 19:21
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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Osprey eagle
Hi guys , I’ve recently purchased a 5.6m osprey eagle with the Suzuki 100hp V4 2 stroke engine fitted .
The boat and engine are both in very good condition for what a presume is a mid 80’s rig .
The name on the boat is “Gibraltar 1” and seems to have been on the boat from new .
I’ve been told it could has served as a British Navy vessel in Gibraltar and I’m looking to find out anything I can about the boat . If anyone can give me any info on this boat or this Make /model in particular I would appreciate it .
Cheers , John
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07 November 2018, 19:25
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Country: UK - England
Length: 5m +
Join Date: Apr 2017
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Originally Posted by John hulme
Hi guys , I’ve recently purchased a 5.6m osprey eagle with the Suzuki 100hp V4 2 stroke engine fitted .
The boat and engine are both in very good condition for what a presume is a mid 80’s rig .
The name on the boat is “Gibraltar 1” and seems to have been on the boat from new .
I’ve been told it could has served as a British Navy vessel in Gibraltar and I’m looking to find out anything I can about the boat . If anyone can give me any info on this boat or this Make /model in particular I would appreciate it .
Cheers , John
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Have you any photos ?
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07 November 2018, 19:38
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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I’ll see if I can upload some now , I’m doing this on my phone and I’m a bit of a Luddite to be honest ��
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07 November 2018, 20:04
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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07 November 2018, 20:05
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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Tapatalk solved my Luddite problems .
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08 November 2018, 09:57
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,899
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Unlikely to have been Navy. It's a typical club dive boat. There are dive outfits in Gib but I'd suspect that the financial logistics of returning a used boat to the UK for sale would be prohibitive. Probably belonged to a UK based club full of Bombastik neo-imperialist FLAGWAIVERS!... 
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08 November 2018, 10:16
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 5,306
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Originally Posted by willk
Unlikely to have been Navy. It's a typical club dive boat. There are dive outfits in Gib but I'd suspect that the financial logistics of returning a used boat to the UK for sale would be prohibitive. Probably belonged to a UK based club full of Bombastik neo-imperialist FLAGWAIVERS!... |
Cor Blimey!...All Those deductions would make Ol Sherlock himself Blush ! 
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08 November 2018, 10:46
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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They use Pacific 24’s at the moment . This would have been about 1986 I would think . It has been used a a club Rhib for quite a while . I’ve never owned one before but it seems to handle very well and is very soft ride in heavy seas .
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08 November 2018, 21:21
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: Cesa
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 247
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Originally Posted by John hulme
... I’ve never owned one before but it seems to handle very well and is very soft ride in heavy seas .
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Of course it does, it’s an Osprey ! [emoji6]
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09 November 2018, 07:03
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Country: UK - England
Town: teesside
Boat name: magic
Make: humber 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 115
MMSI: 232012453
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,557
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Of course it does, it’s an Osprey ! [emoji6]
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mine didn't  bow steered like a bastard and would feel like it would lean/drop to port or starboard with the slightest cross wind, current. if trimmed in in heavy sea.
to be fair though it did have a xl shaft counter rotating outboard that was set quite high to get the cav plate somewhere near so was possibly a top heavy/rigging issue .
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09 November 2018, 11:12
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
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That’s strange , mine handles the rough stuff so much better than our club tornado . Its very stable and a lot softer ride even in heavy seas .
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09 November 2018, 15:40
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: Cesa
Length: no boat
Join Date: Sep 2013
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... to be fair though it did have a xl shaft counter rotating outboard that was set quite high to get the cav plate somewhere near so was possibly a top heavy/rigging issue .
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Quite possibly, as you suggest [emoji1303]
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10 November 2018, 07:34
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: teesside
Boat name: magic
Make: humber 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 115
MMSI: 232012453
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,557
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Quite possibly, as you suggest [emoji1303]
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oh im sure it was and I wasn't knocking osprey ribs just pointing out that just because its an osprey don't just assume it will be great . my current rib is a valiant and against advice I gave it a try and for what I do its much more comfortable than my osprey was. anyway the op is happy with his eagle and as his obviously is working how osprey intended im sure he will have lots of fun 
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14 November 2018, 07:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Colchester
Length: 5m +
Join Date: Sep 2016
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Looks a nice rig. Some mud guards would not go amiss on that trailer to stop you getting pulled by plod. Very cheap on ebay or similar
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14 November 2018, 13:47
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 48
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Cheers , already got the mudguards sorted , I’m more worried about the possible damage to the tubes from rubbish thrown up by the tyres than the police , it’s fairly easy going on sunny anglesey 😎
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15 December 2018, 19:50
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gosport
Boat name: April Lass
Make: Moody 31
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 4,951
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There was a service dive club in Gib in the mid 1980s. Dived with them about 86 time. The RAF would have been asked to fly it out there and possibly back. The other possibility is the Royal Engrs have a barracks called "Gibraltar".
You could try a post on the BSAC website to see if anyone recognises it.
Nice Honda btw, why isn't it being used at this time of year
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16 December 2018, 09:40
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Amlwch
Boat name: Gibraltar 1
Make: Osprey Eagle
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 100hp outboar
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Cheers Pete , I’ll give that a go .
There are three bikes hidden in the garage , the fireblade only did 300 miles last year🙄
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