RIBS at rest......... - Page 2

Cookee · 31 July 2010, 08:43

Saves on anti fouling as well

martini · 31 July 2010, 10:43

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Originally Posted by C-NUMB

Slightly off topic....but never seen this before. No tide here, but woun't be nicked very easily

? Think the main reason is that this place is very close to fairway so owner might be afraid of stern wave damages from speeding boats.

Can't see that catching on round these parts, having your rib balancing 40ft up in the air would be a bit scary

Bigmuz7 · 31 July 2010, 17:54

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Originally Posted by yoyo

Debate:

I would be interested to know why some ribs sit on their toobs at rest and others dont. My rib sits on its toobs and is very stable. How does your rib sit at rest? What are the pro's and con's?

Heres my Valiant at rest .. just as it should be IMO with tubes on the water

RIBRyda · 01 August 2010, 16:30

All of our boats are also designed to just touch the water at rest - this is our new Aquaflyte Spear on trials in Denmark - straight out of the box as it were.

biffer · 01 August 2010, 16:45

it's a little lower now it's coded

ADS · 03 August 2010, 08:14

I put two bags of builders sand in the front of the SR4, keeps the rear of the tubes and the engine skeg out the water when its on its mooring, so far no growth on it.

HUMBER P4VWL · 03 August 2010, 16:00

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Originally Posted by biffer

it's a little lower now it's coded

What is that in the bottom right corner biffer? that looks like it could be interesting. Any photos?

C-NUMB · 03 August 2010, 20:13

This is badly off topic, sorry (again). On my Sunday SIB trip spotted this one. According to local newspaper driver was not intoxicated and it happend in daylight? At least they put the fenders out

Downhilldai · 03 August 2010, 22:08

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Originally Posted by ADS

I put two bags of builders sand in the front of the SR4, keeps the rear of the tubes and the engine skeg out the water when its on its mooring, so far no growth on it.

2 tons is a lot in the bow of a SR4

Mollers · 03 August 2010, 22:13

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Originally Posted by Downhilldai

2 tons is a lot in the bow of a SR4

Now you're being silly.

They're only 800kg each, that's 1600kg up front.

Bigmuz7 · 03 August 2010, 22:23

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Now you're being silly.

They're only 800kg each, that's 1600kg up front.

So thats how thet get the brick work in round the console then ?

now it all makes sense

Mollers · 03 August 2010, 22:25

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

So thats how thet get the brick work in round the console then ?

now it all makes sense

Rendering.

Bigmuz7 · 03 August 2010, 22:26

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Originally Posted by Mollers

Rendering.

for a nice finish

Mollers · 03 August 2010, 22:28

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

for a nice finish

And a slap of Sandtex.

Downhilldai · 04 August 2010, 01:13

Or some non-slip durite dashing....

Cookee · 04 August 2010, 08:16

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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

What is that in the bottom right corner biffer? that looks like it could be interesting. Any photos?

The orange boat in the bottom right is a V24 - probably the last Pascoe one ever made and the one he raced himself - very quick for a lot of reasons!

HUMBER P4VWL · 04 August 2010, 13:11

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Originally Posted by Cookee

The orange boat in the bottom right is a V24 - probably the last Pascoe one ever made and the one he raced himself - very quick for a lot of reasons!

just googled it, bloomin heck, they look like they'd be a handful to the novice!

yoyo · 04 August 2010, 16:42

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Originally Posted by HUMBER P4VWL

just googled it, bloomin heck, they look like they'd be a handful to the novice!

I wish somebody would google some answers for the original question

diverdad · 04 August 2010, 17:16

Being a diver and only having my head stuck out of the water whilst waiting to be picked up, I get to see lots of ribs at rest and it is a good question.
My Crompton has a very shallow vee but the tubes don't touch the water until the boat is laden with 6-8 sets of dive kit and some er, shall we say; portly, divers?!

Some ribs are designed to sit low in the water when stationary, for stability, take your searider. Isn't there a hole in the transom to allow the lower part of the hull to flood when stationary and drain whilst moving?

Lee

Poly · 04 August 2010, 19:11

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Originally Posted by yoyo

I wish somebody would google some answers for the original question

I wish people would search the forum before asking questions that have been discussed before

Obviously tubes in the water gives you some advantages:

- better stability
- lower freeboard for getting people in out the water

However there may be some disadvantages

- drag in the water (which may slow you down a bit - although cookie obviously doesn't worry about that so probably neither should the rest of us!)
- weed growing on tubes if kept afloat

With "high" tubes it may be possible to sit "lower in" the boat rather than "on" the boat which may make it less likely to fall out! Likewise you can achieve a higher freeboard keeping water off the deck.

As well the two extreeme of "always touching the water" at rest and "never touch the water" at rest - there will be some boats which don't touch when empty but touch when heavily laden.