 |
28 May 2013, 13:58
|
#1
|
|
RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
|
WAFI comes up with a 'good idea'.
Don't know about you guys, but I'm none too happy about the idea of 300m strings of monofilament kept on the surface by the equivalent of fishing floats and left to drift.
MoBuoy - an innovative life saving device.
The inventor is telling people what a good idea it is over on YBW at the moment.
Two-handed MOB - do what first? ......Deploy MOBUOY??
__________________
Need spares,consoles,consumables,hire,training or even a new boat?
Please click HERE and HERE and support our Trade Members.
Join up as a Trade member or Supporter HERE
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 21:35
|
#2
|
|
Member
Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
|
Great idea - end up with a MOB and one to several immobilised boats drifting around!
__________________
A Boat is a hole in the water, surrounded by fibreglass, into which you throw money...
Sent from my Computer, using a keyboard and mouse
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 21:40
|
#3
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
|
Good idea for line  though
__________________
Member of S.A.B.S. (Lancashire Division)
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 21:56
|
#4
|
|
Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Belfast
Boat name: Cait
Make: Humber
Length: 5m +
Engine: 90hp Opti
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 909
|
Good idea - but I'd worry about the line too. Having been caught and immobilised by a lobster pot line with six crew on-board I'm always wary about lines left floating about unmarked and unattended.
__________________
-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**
Any meaning read into my message is the product of your own mind...
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 22:06
|
#5
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
|
I dont know if any of you have seen the chopper devices that many wafi's have attached to their props, but they are mean looking tools, to despatch this very problem, perhaps they think we all have them 
I'd assume the responsible wafi would ingather said filament ? ....
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 22:11
|
#6
|
|
RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
|
That's assuming they can find it again if there's any chop. A 38mm float with 10 yards of line to the next one isn't going to be the easiest thing to find.
__________________
Need spares,consoles,consumables,hire,training or even a new boat?
Please click HERE and HERE and support our Trade Members.
Join up as a Trade member or Supporter HERE
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 22:33
|
#7
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucestershire
Boat name: Osprey
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: E-tec 300 G2
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,021
|
Why not just press the MOB button on the GPS. Far more reliable than chucking a load of fishing gear overboard.
__________________
---------------------------------------------------
Chris Stevens
Born fiddler
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 22:34
|
#8
|
|
RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,898
|
A WAFI solution for sure - line of floating buoys my @rse....
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 22:45
|
#9
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucester
Boat name: Lunasea
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzi 140
MMSI: 232005050
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,000
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
That's assuming they can find it again if there's any chop. A 38mm float with 10 yards of line to the next one isn't going to be the easiest thing to find.
|
I agree, difficult to see in anything than calm water which = little wind, so the yacht won't be that far away!
I love the ideas that a) deploying a dan-bouy is dangerous, and that b) this relieves he crew of the arduous and unwelcome task of actually looking for your mucker!.... can't be distracted from the Pimms!
__________________
Member of the Macmillan Round the Isle of Wight Club
|
|
|
|
|
28 May 2013, 23:06
|
#10
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Central Belt of Scotland
Boat name: Puddleduck III
Make: Bombard
Length: 5m +
Engine: 50 HP
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,066
|
__________________
SPRmarine / SPRtraining
RYA Training Courses & Safety Equipment Sales
|
|
|
|
|
30 May 2013, 00:10
|
#11
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: cornwall
Boat name: nothing
Make: rib eye 430
Length: 4m +
Engine: tatsu 50
MMSI: 666
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,915
|
what dipstick came up with that idea ? follow a drifting line of tiny floats blowing across the sea in the wind and current Doh!
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White Noise
Imogen
Cait
