stuffing

[Chopppywaters]

Hey quick question...whast so bad about stuffing the bow? lol other than you get a Sh*t load of water in the boat

[Pete7]

It fookin hurts !

[Chopppywaters]

lol hurts the boat or you :P

[gingercoastie]

Personally it hurt me more than the boat

[boatbuoy]

Originally Posted by gingercoastie

Personally it hurt me more than the boat

One guy did it to our 5.85m ribcraft when it was 2years old. Proper job. Ripped the bow tube away from the hull.

So = puts a lot more stress on the bow than you need to, and you get soaked. I go in a boat to stay dry, if I wanted to get wet, I'd swim.

[Chopppywaters]

soooo....how do u prevent it? lol

[boatbuoy]

Originally Posted by Chopppywaters

soooo....how do u prevent it? lol

In a following sea, don't have shed loads of power on as you go down a wave or wear lots of bubble wrap!

[Pete7]

Hmm, actually I think you should have lots of power on going down a wave. The mistake I made was trying to slow the boat down by throttling off, in she went. Throttle with bottle. The time to take the throttle off is when your going up the back of a wave and reaching the top so you glide over the top with the minimum amount of speed and can then put the power back on. You need big regular waves and you will get it wrong every few. Its hard work and needs 100% concentration, you wont be doing it on a long trip.

Pete

[Chopppywaters]

yea What pete said seemed right....plus if you slow down while goin down the wave the wave will most likely take control of the boat (forget the word for it lol) and you will go straight down

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by Chopppywaters

yea What pete said seemed right....plus if you slow down while goin down the wave the wave will most likely take control of the boat (forget the word for it lol) and you will go straight down

Yachties call it a broach, unlikely on a rib, but closing the throttle down a wave lowers the bow and in she goes

[Matt]

I have come within an inch of "broaching" a 5m searider - cos I backed off!

[Pete7]

Now an hour in Distant Rumble charging down the waves could be exhilarating

[ollyit]

Originally Posted by Chopppywaters

Hey quick question...whast so bad about stuffing the bow? lol other than you get a Sh*t load of water in the boat

you can loose a nice pair of sunglasses! (speaking from experience) have to say I found it most amusing tho once I'd swallowed all the seawater!

[Matt]

Exhilarating - and Fkkn Expensive.

[ollyit]

Originally Posted by Chopppywaters

Hey quick question...whast so bad about stuffing the bow? lol other than you get a Sh*t load of water in the boat

you can loose a nice pair of sunglasses! (speaking from experience) have to say I found it most amusing tho once I'd swallowed all the seawater!

[boatbuoy]

The RYA Powerboat handbook suggests that going down a wave too fast is what causes it to put the bow under. Whilst going too slowly is what causes it to turn the boat beam on, and then capsize.

I teach that you can almost safely surf the boat, or just travel a shade faster than the speed of the waves so they don't catch you, but not so fast you punch through the trough. As soon as you get to the trough, its power back on up the next.

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Yachties call it a broach,

I thought a 'Broach' was a tech term for a Hook!

C'mon Pete you oul sea dog, get ya terms right

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by MadMat

Exhilarating - and Fkkn Expensive.

And currently impossible

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by boatbuoy

I go in a boat to stay dry, if I wanted to get wet, I'd swim.

I don't know how to tell you this, but if that's your intension, you chose the wrong type of boat!

There are few 'wetter' rides than a rib! (there's a couple at Thorpe Park I think)

[Chris Murray]

Originally Posted by Jonny Fuller

There are few 'wetter' rides than a rib! (there's a couple at Thorpe Park I think)

That depends what RIB you are in!

Chris.