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03 November 2010, 21:29
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,893
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Originally Posted by lastlaugh
Better check end of your Ski rope the only thing you are pulling now is a "Trout"
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Did we just get a visit from Trell's Ugly ex-Missus?
One of her two posts is missing! Must have been a cracker 
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03 November 2010, 21:48
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,299
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Originally Posted by bosun
Broken down SR4 sailing club ''rescue boat'' with an osprey sailing dinghy (under sail including spinnaker)
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So, you towed an SR4 with an Osprey?
Where's Mollers? 
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03 November 2010, 22:22
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Essex/Vendee
Boat name: shockwave,Voluntry 2
Make: Pac 22/ searider5.4
Length: 6m +
Engine: 180hp turbo,yam 90
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,022
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We towed a 75 ton 100yr old thames barge almost 4 knots against wind and tide
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03 November 2010, 22:23
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: west wales
Make: humber destroyer 5m
Length: 5m +
Engine: 90 yamaha
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 202
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Yeah,bit ironic,would have gone a lot faster the other way round!
But the mariner 25 4t on it broke the key on the crank sprocket and mashed the valves
(it was fixed under warranty)
So the choices were sail in and get another rib or tow it with a dinghy, so thats what we did,should have got a picture.
We put the kite up to go a bit faster. (6 knots rather than 5!!)
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03 November 2010, 22:28
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Essex/Vendee
Boat name: shockwave,Voluntry 2
Make: Pac 22/ searider5.4
Length: 6m +
Engine: 180hp turbo,yam 90
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,022
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With pictures
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04 November 2010, 18:37
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Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
Length: no boat
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 2,511
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Longest tow we did was during RB4. A boat broke down half-way across St. Georges Channel, between Land's End and S. Wales. We towed at around 10 knots finally making Milford Haven around 3-03.30 am.
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04 November 2010, 20:49
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I (6.5m) was towed from Gigha to Rathlin at 24kts+ in a F4/5 by an 11m Redbay. A very interesting experience.
I might qualify as their oddest/ugliest thing towed 
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08 November 2010, 03:05
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Country: UK - England
Length: no boat
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 2
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Originally Posted by willk
Did we just get a visit from Trell's Ugly ex-Missus?
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well you got 1 out of 2 right lol
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08 November 2010, 15:55
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: Milford Haven
Boat name: Makaira
Make: Forge Marine
Length: 7m +
Engine: BMW 50HP
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 163
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The German Coastguard
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Originally Posted by Leapy
Having been called upon to tow several striken craft this summer and then reading the thread about towing a Versadock ( http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?...ht=southampton) across the Solent brings to mind...What's the strangest/biggest/longest/ugliest thing you've towed on water? |
I think it has to be the brand spanking new German Coastguard Catamaran the Helgoland. She had lost all power and the Chief Engineer could not restart the engines as the fly by wire system had automatically shut them down and would not allow an override to restart them. There were a lot of very red faces onboard. 
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11 November 2010, 07:45
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
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Go on .. tell us the tow vessel was a 4 man SIB with a 1952 seagull
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11 November 2010, 09:18
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Milford Haven
Boat name: Makaira
Make: Forge Marine
Length: 7m +
Engine: BMW 50HP
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 163
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigmuz7
Go on .. tell us the tow vessel was a 4 man SIB with a 1952 seagull |
 . 1953 actually.
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