Tornado 34 with 3x275 59 knots and flexing

Fjordrafting · 31 May 2006, 23:40

One month ago we started up our Revenger 34 with 2x275hp. It did 61 knots with 23" Revolution 4. The boat handled the way you want it to, and everything was fine. Two days ago we started up a Tornado 34 with 3x275hp. The boat has a bracket, stepped hull and airintake though the console. Tornado had made the bracket too low, so the boat did only 59 knots with Revolution 4. Ribmagazine had tested a 8.5m Tornado last summer, and reported that it was flexing a lot. We wrote to Tornado and asked if this was thrue, they denied it and said that the 34 would be extremely strong built.
We have had our diputes with HMS, but this time he was right, the Tornado was flexing a lot, it also makes squicing noices and doing 32 knots in it feels like 60 knots in the Revenger.
And, Tornadoes asking price was 15500£. Then they started to add everything. At the end the price for boat only with console, no seats, engines etc. was more than double.

Fjordrafting · 01 June 2006, 00:02

And a pic of our Revenger 29.

Jonny Fuller · 01 June 2006, 00:03

Out of interest, do you have any pictures of the the Tornado 34 hull, out of the water?

benc · 01 June 2006, 00:30

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Originally Posted by Jonny Fuller

Out of interest, do you have any pictures of the the Tornado 34 hull, out of the water?

I wonder where this is going

Fjordrafting · 02 June 2006, 00:30

Sorry, no pic of the 34 Tornado out of the water yet. There will be photoes of the boat on the site: www.oslofjordrafting.no.
Just received a letter from Marinepower where they void the garanti after week 24 if the bracket is not fixed. The bracket was built an mounted by Tornado.

Shaggy · 02 June 2006, 09:00

UK Consumer Law - Rights may not extend to a compnay purchase

I would give em a call very helpfull.

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/gen...e/fs_d01.shtml

Shaggy

RibRoy · 03 June 2006, 21:04

Flexing or not. Its the coolest looking RIB I have seen so far in this fjord.

Seaharrier · 03 June 2006, 21:17

There is a small fortune Ullman seats on your boat!

Nice radar tower!

P

Fjordrafting · 03 June 2006, 21:55

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Originally Posted by Seaharrier

There is a small fortune Ullman seats on your boat!

Nice radar tower!

P

It is no my boat, it belongs to oslofjordafting.

seafariskye · 03 June 2006, 22:33

I notice 2 things.

1st - the tornado is stupidly low on the arse and looks like it is sinking - not surprised it flex's -

2nd - none of your passengers have lifejackets on .......

pete

codprawn · 04 June 2006, 05:17

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Originally Posted by seafariskye

I notice 2 things.

1st - the tornado is stupidly low on the arse and looks like it is sinking - not surprised it flex's -

2nd - none of your passengers have lifejackets on .......

pete

Maybe the water is so cold there is no point....

Richard B · 04 June 2006, 10:46

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Maybe the water is so cold there is no point....

Stupid boy, Pike!

Dieselroy · 04 June 2006, 11:58

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Originally Posted by seafariskye

I notice 2 things.

1st - the tornado is stupidly low on the arse and looks like it is sinking - not surprised it flex's -

2nd - none of your passengers have lifejackets on .......

pete

Where did you see some passengers?
Most of the companies here in Norway doing searafting keeps
a high securityprofile, so i doubt you will see a boat where the
passengers dont have lifejackets on..

By the way i think the boat looks good an im looking forward to see
it in the fjord.

Regards Roy
Roy

Richard B · 04 June 2006, 12:02

I'm guessing that Pete's refering to this picture

Dieselroy · 04 June 2006, 12:07

Hi Richard

Then Pete is right, they dont have lifjackets,
they have flotation suits..

Regards
Roy

thorper · 04 June 2006, 12:55

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Originally Posted by seafariskye

1st - the tornado is stupidly low on the arse and looks like it is sinking - not surprised it flex's -

I'm guessing that around a ton of verados on the transom has something to do with the angle at rest!

seafariskye · 05 June 2006, 00:12

Yes that the picture i am looking at - and they all look like passengers ---

Is it ok there to give floatation suits and not lifejackets to your passengers?? over there - just wondering thats all ??

Would agree that its prob the weight of engines on the back that gives it that sinking angle - wonder how far the top of the transom is above the waterline? anyone know? or the weight of fuel that you would need to carry ?

pete

Fjordrafting · 08 June 2006, 23:17

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Originally Posted by seafariskye

Is it ok there to give floatation suits and not lifejackets to your passengers?? over there - just wondering thats all ??

Yes, it ok to use flotationsuits only, and that work fine for us.

Would agree that its prob the weight of engines on the back that gives it that sinking angle - wonder how far the top of the transom is above the waterline? anyone know? or the weight of fuel that you would need to carry ?

pete

Do not know about the transom, but the boat has a 1200l. built in gastank. The tank is a part of the structure of the boat, and not metal like most other builders use.
So if the hull is flexing, then the tank should flex as well!?
Part of the tube started to come off from the hull this week. The boat has not even been on the water for 10 days.