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20 November 2012, 09:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
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The Next Big Thing
It’s raining and I’m bored and ready to launch my latest money making scheme. So guys, what is going to be the next “big thing” in RIBs?
Big Chart Plotters – Done
Toilets in Console – Done
Shock Mitigation – Done
Sub Woofer Stereos - Done
Tapered Tubes - Done
LED Nav Lights – Done
Amphibious RIBs (i.e. Sea Legs) – Done
Through Hull LED Lights – Done (ashamed to say that I quite like that idea)
Wireless Kill Cord - Done
Have I missed anything?
What else could I do to “pimp” my rib?
Has anyone got any bright ideas they want to share?
I have often wondered what would happen if I filled my tubes with Helium to make the RIB lighter – if you hear a loud bang followed by a mushroom cloud you’ll know things didn’t go well!
Any suggestions gratefully received!
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20 November 2012, 09:56
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
Length: no boat
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Side-scan SONAR ?
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20 November 2012, 09:56
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dry Run
if you hear a loud bang followed by a mushroom cloud you’ll know things didn’t go well!
Any suggestions gratefully received!
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You'll need Hydrogen if you want a mushroom cloud. 
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20 November 2012, 09:56
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
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Command mike and loudspeaker ?
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20 November 2012, 09:57
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
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Slave plotter for your navigator ?
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20 November 2012, 09:58
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
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Ais ?
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20 November 2012, 10:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Originally Posted by willk
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Prove it!
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20 November 2012, 10:17
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Country: UK - England
Town: Warwickshire
Boat name: Impulse
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 140
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,020
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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.
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20 November 2012, 10:24
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Country: UK - England
Length: 7m +
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,619
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Spotlight
Infrared Camera / Heat Camera
Bimini
Table
Pimp your sounds, sub woofer and speaker upgrades
Loudhailer / Horn
Teak Decking or flexiteak
Sidescan Sonar
Strobe Lights to deter pirates LOL
Anti-pirate sound disturbance system (dont know what bthey are called but featured on whale wars TV programme) LOL
Radar
Fridge/Stove/Sea Toilet
Seame or other radar reflectors
Smoke canister (like on beckhams boat at olympics)
Laser range finder
And not to forget go faster stick on stripes
There should be a TV show on pimping your boat up like they have with cars
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20 November 2012, 10:31
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Warwickshire
Boat name: Impulse
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 140
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Stealth mode like on James Bond car to make it invisible.Could be used for catching pirates or mooring up on the isle of Wight without having to pay mooring fees for a ten minute toilet stop 
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20 November 2012, 11:06
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RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - England
Town: Dinard, Brittany
Boat name: Into the Red
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude E-tec 250HO
MMSI: 235 076 114
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,957
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20 November 2012, 11:20
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Length: 5m +
Join Date: Jul 2012
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wheels
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20 November 2012, 11:29
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: wormit
Boat name: lots of them
Make: various
Length: no boat
Engine: all types
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Quote:
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. |
Done that, the winch was in the back of the van along with all the electrics. Easy and worked perfect as long as it was a smooth slip. Nightmare on cobbles though.
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20 November 2012, 11:34
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
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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.
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20 November 2012, 12:56
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: Thunder
Make: Halmatic Arctic 22
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2 x 150 Etec
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Outboards that run on seawater.
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20 November 2012, 14:31
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: Hullabaloo
Make: Humber
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Optimax
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 998
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordyP
Outboards that run on seawater.
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Until I got a fuel/water separator my old engine mostly did!!!!
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20 November 2012, 17:54
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Member
Country: Luxembourg
Town: Luxembourg
Boat name: Kalish
Make: Humber Ocean Pro 6.3
Length: 6m +
Engine: 175 Mercury Optimax
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 408
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jacuzzi with flat screen and surround system
barbecue
dancefloor
serious : an iridium installation
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20 November 2012, 20:07
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Jersey
Boat name: Archangel
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Engine: ETec 225
MMSI: 235063789
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,005
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Jet ski?
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20 November 2012, 20:53
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Boat name: Red Dog
Make: Porters Renegade
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150 HP Yamaha
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 610
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Under deck heating for winter crusing!!!!!
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20 November 2012, 21:03
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Member
Country: Luxembourg
Town: Luxembourg
Boat name: Kalish
Make: Humber Ocean Pro 6.3
Length: 6m +
Engine: 175 Mercury Optimax
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 408
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sunbed when it s raining !
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