To lose one could be considered unfortunate...

Mugshot · 25 March 2007, 21:20

Can anybody explain why these two listings are so alike, I cant think of any reason why both would be missing a rubbing strake from the same side and approximately the same length if it hadnt been cut off by the seller, who happens to be the same for both ribs.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TORNADO-5-1m-R...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HUMBER-5-1m-Ri...QQcmdZViewItem

perhaps I'm just getting far too cynical, or maybe there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

mdt · 25 March 2007, 21:38

And can anybody explain why the humber has a 48hp motor??? could Suzuki not have tried a wee bit harder and cranked this up to a say a 50hp ?

Neil Harvey · 25 March 2007, 21:47

To be fair, they do look like different boats (one has yellow humber sticker above where rubbing strake is cut off, the other does not, and rubbing strakes are different colours), with different trailers (one has no step on wheelarch, other does).

Strange coincidence though.

Mugshot · 25 March 2007, 21:49

There's absolutely no doubt about the fact that they are different boats, you can see the Humber in the background of one of the Tornado pics, it's just odd they are both missing the same section of strake.

Pete7 · 25 March 2007, 21:59

Guess he isn't very good at reversing into that garage behind. The Tornado looks like there expedition range, really tough little boats and would be my choice over the humber.

Pete

Millermob · 25 March 2007, 22:02

I am no expert but it looks like they've been used for diving, if people kitted up keep sliding over the slide would it force the rubbing strake off? My best guess!

Freddie

Chris · 25 March 2007, 22:04

Maybe he cut a piece of strake off one in order to repair the other then lost the piece he cut off

Chris

benc · 25 March 2007, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millermob

I am no expert but it looks like they've been used for diving, if people kitted up keep sliding over the slide would it force the rubbing strake off? My best guess!

Freddie

This sounds most probable I guess, where the rubbing strake sticks out from the tube, I'm guessing it would be harder to pull someone in?

jyasaki · 26 March 2007, 05:07

Most inflatable/RIB divers here reboard by getting out of gear, dropping weights into the boat, grab a lifeline about shoulder-width, drop down, then kick up. Three kicks will put you up over the tube. Remove fins, get in boat, and haul gear in.

The strakes make a small bit of difference, but not enough to justify removing it (though larger people may have a *lot* of trouble with the aforementioned method; maybe that's it?)

jky

benc · 26 March 2007, 09:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jyasaki

(though larger people may have a *lot* of trouble with the aforementioned method; maybe that's it?)

I think ill remove my strake this year when I get the ringos out

Sixy_the_red · 26 March 2007, 12:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Most inflatable/RIB divers here reboard by getting out of gear, dropping weights into the boat, grab a lifeline about shoulder-width, drop down, then kick up. Three kicks will put you up over the tube. Remove fins, get in boat, and haul gear in.

You make it sound SO graceful! Its not so easy in a drysuit with a chest valve - the number of times I've got back from a boat dive with a dirty great bruise in the middle of my chest...

jyasaki · 27 March 2007, 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixy_the_red

You make it sound SO graceful! Its not so easy in a drysuit with a chest valve - the number of times I've got back from a boat dive with a dirty great bruise in the middle of my chest...

I've been diving with a drysuit exclusively (aside from free diving for abalone maybe a couple times a season) for the past, oh, six or seven years. Our water here ranges typically around 50 to 54F, with the extremes at about 48 and 62 (the 62 once, during a strong El Nino event.)

Never had a problem with the inflator valve coming over the tubes (well, to be fair, the last year I've had the ladder, so haven't been over the tubes in a while.) Than again, your tubes may be bigger than mine.

I've found that the trick is to try not to slide up the tubes, but rather, get the height you need with a bit of separation between your chest and the boat, then use your hands to pull yourself onto the tube when you're at the highest point. If you get a good assist from dropping back down before you start kicking up, you should find that the inflator valve clears the tube as you flop over it (and that's a pretty accurate description: it's anything but graceful.)

Luck;

jky

Bilge Rat · 28 March 2007, 11:57

Canterbury dive club turned there Rib over when i diver coming up over the side catched a tube and tore a large hole in the side, the tube deflated quickly and the deck flooded due to the weight of kit the boat was sitting lower anyway, then it just turned over. Not sure what caught on the tube and would have imagined the force needed to tear through the tube must have been a lot, the boats now been renamed and the name is on upside down just in case it happens again.

jyasaki · 28 March 2007, 16:12

Saw something similar on a small inflatable: Stenciled on the bottom towards the bow were the words "If you can read this, flip me over."

Cute.

jky