The Next Big Thing

[HughN]

I thought that, as a minimum, it had to be:

- Microwave
- Pockets on tubes
- Thermal imaging
- LED lights (you've got that covered)
- Mother ship?

(Or has he gone now?)

Dare I mention lobster pots, and in homage to 'better in the dark' a chain wheel helm?

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Brian

A berth in a marina.
That way you can "save" money by not purchasing, wheels, funny trailers etc.
And.......and you can just jump on your boat anytime and whizz off. this saves all the heartache and bother of launching.

Mind you.........you would need to anti-foul, pull out a couple of times per year, scrape hull, re-anti-foul............

OK maybe launching is better.

Originally Posted by AJ.

A remote controlled trailer with ballast so you can keep the car away from the water. Don't have to mess about with rope and the faff of launching and recovering. A bonus would be a quick release button on the remote controlled winch so you don't even have to get knee deep in water to hitch/unhitch the boat

It's an idea I will leave it to cleverer people than me to work out how you get round having electrics/servos etc attached to the trailer where they will probably get wet.

Are you guys really trying to "sell" these to a guy who runs a dry stack facility?

[mick]

Originally Posted by AJ.

A remote controlled trailer with ballast so you can keep the car away from the water. Don't have to mess about with rope and the faff of launching and recovering. A bonus would be a quick release button on the remote controlled winch so you don't even have to get knee deep in water to hitch/unhitch the boat

It's an idea I will leave it to cleverer people than me to work out how you get round having electrics/servos etc attached to the trailer where they will probably get wet.

It's been done

[mick]

http://youtu.be/pvt9HCYiN8s

http://www.fishing-boats.info/Powrlaunch.html

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Dry Run

I have often wondered what would happen if I filled my tubes with Helium to make the RIB lighter

They'd leak down really quick. Helium is a smaller molecule, so things that are airtight are not necessarily helium tight. Which is why a latex balloon filled with helium doesn't last as long as one filled with air.

jky

[Nos4r2]

An onboard tent.

[martini]

My boat is missing one of these:

Mossberg & Sons | 50299

Hopefully not for much longer though

[m chappelow]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

They'd leak down really quick. Helium is a smaller molecule, so things that are airtight are not necessarily helium tight. Which is why a latex balloon filled with helium doesn't last as long as one filled with air.

jky

Surprising how small Helium molecules are,
in the early days of deep sea saturation diving some divers wrist watches had the glass face crack on return back to surface pressure ,
helium had penetrated through the watches waterproof seals over time due to living under pressure for weeks on end ,
on return to surface pressure helium would still be trapped inside the watch still at bottom pressure causing the glass to crack

small helium relief valves were brought out to combat the problem .

[Peter_C]

I always like to have a few of these on board my boat. They make boating so much more fun!

[kerny]

Lucky man let me know if you need any crew

[clydeoutboards]

Originally Posted by AJ.

A remote controlled trailer with ballast so you can keep the car away from the water. Don't have to mess about with rope and the faff of launching and recovering. A bonus would be a quick release button on the remote controlled winch so you don't even have to get knee deep in water to hitch/unhitch the boat

It's an idea I will leave it to cleverer people than me to work out how you get round having electrics/servos etc attached to the trailer where they will probably get wet.

its been done

remote controle boat trailer - YouTube

[mick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1FVFBAxK9k&sns=em

[mister p]

Originally Posted by Dry Run

Prove it!

This was touched on a while back........not safe at home or with your own vessel. A while back we managed to (used to) practice emergency inflation with butane/propane that was introduced into tubes for a few seconds and then lit.
Don't try it even on a scrap boat. These had sponson liners and it was all a bit guess work. It did work though. Was intended to reinflate a burst-then-fixed tube whilst afloat. Can't ever imagine actually doing it in a real life situation but this was all a bit extreme.
You can inflate tyres this way too.

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by mick

Boat Loader - YouTube

Powrlaunch

Looks like I am back to the drawing board I never new these things existed, cheers for posting.

[whisper]

T/T Hullabaloo?

[AJ.]

Originally Posted by whisper

T/T Hullabaloo?

[whisper]

Dry Run (in his original post) is looking for the next big thing, and I have suggested 'T/T Hullabaloo' (Tender To Hullabaloo) which is his ribs name...

Sibs are going to be massive in 2013

[Boats&Outboards]

Originally Posted by AJ.

A remote controlled trailer with ballast so you can keep the car away from the water. Don't have to mess about with rope and the faff of launching and recovering. A bonus would be a quick release button on the remote controlled winch so you don't even have to get knee deep in water to hitch/unhitch the boat

It's an idea I will leave it to cleverer people than me to work out how you get round having electrics/servos etc attached to the trailer where they will probably get wet.

Power launch ? Edit. I read the whole thread now

Peter @ Boatsandoutboards4sale ~ askboatsandoutboards4sale@sky.com ~ 07930 421007

[Boats&Outboards]

Originally Posted by HughN

I thought that, as a minimum, it had to be:

- Microwave
- Pockets on tubes
- Thermal imaging
- LED lights (you've got that covered)
- Mother ship?

(Or has he gone now?)

Dare I mention lobster pots, and in homage to 'better in the dark' a chain wheel helm?

Don't forget the knife!

Peter @ Boatsandoutboards4sale ~ askboatsandoutboards4sale@sky.com ~ 07930 421007

[kerny]

Originally Posted by clydeoutboards

its been done

That looks like a standard caravan mover which I suppose does the same job. Not sure how it would handle the salt though.