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17 September 2009, 06:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sheepy Parva
Boat name: Sadly Sold
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What have you towed?
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?
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17 September 2009, 07:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: Morecambe
Boat name: Various
Make: Various
Length: 10m +
Engine: Various
Join Date: Apr 2009
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My ex wife on a ski rope
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17 September 2009, 09:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
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My mates speedboats and jetskis! 
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17 September 2009, 09:05
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Country: France
Town: Côte d'Azur
Boat name: Beaver Patrol
Make: Avon Searider SR4
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Jan 2004
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An Open 50 (with the worlds press watching) and a small submarine
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17 September 2009, 09:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington Hampshire
Boat name: Hot Lemon
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yanmar diesel
MMSI: 235
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 780
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Originally Posted by Tim M
An Open 50 (with the worlds press watching) and a small submarine
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And a Coral reef (OLDSPICE)
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17 September 2009, 09:24
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
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Half a tree
An 8m class yacht (12 odd tones if my memory serves me right) following the demise of the wind one afternoon.
A 50m towrope from which were hanging about 8,000 Optimist dinghies, (along with a few clinging to the grablines as well) again folowing the demise of the wind.... Does that count as one tow or the most number of things towed at once?
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Hmmm I'd thave to think about that one. 
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17 September 2009, 10:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sheepy Parva
Boat name: Sadly Sold
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 9D280
...the ugliest...Hmmm I'd thave to think about that one. |
The "ex-wife" of Trell is in first place at the moment
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17 September 2009, 10:34
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Country: UK - England
Town: Nottingham
Length: no boat
Join Date: Feb 2006
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In all four categories mine would have to be 1/2 mile of high pressure air hose with a bubble maker on the end.
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17 September 2009, 11:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 4,299
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a dead mackerel!!
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17 September 2009, 13:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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3x4 metre slab of concrete reinforced with old railway lines suspended with air filled drums for about 50 yds or so ,,,,part of an old slipway ,,we were renewing ,,as well as countless broken down / disabled boats
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17 September 2009, 15:32
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southport
Boat name: Qudos
Make: 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yam 115 V4
MMSI: 235068784
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An old door nailed to 4 wooden barrels which was on fire. Sat in the middle was a solicitor singing some song very badly, I think it was a song by the beatles. I towed him a fair way to give his concrete shoes time to going off. 
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17 September 2009, 16:12
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Country: France
Town: Nantes
Boat name: A l'Attaque
Make: Sea-Way
Length: 6m +
Engine: Not here yet
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Sat in the middle was a solicitor singing some song very badly, I think it was a song by the beatles.
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Something to do with a one way ticket?
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17 September 2009, 16:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha
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John, make a post up, its nearly 3000!!
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17 September 2009, 17:21
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salisbury
Boat name: TORA
Make: Tornado
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 60hp
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Towed
A spanish met office offshore weather bouy.
Long slow tow into Mahon but nice and warm
Tufty
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17 September 2009, 17:42
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
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John, make a post up, its nearly 3000!! |
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17 September 2009, 18:31
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
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roycruse on his wakeboard.
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17 September 2009, 19:26
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Country: Ireland
Town: Belfast
Boat name: Cait
Make: Humber
Length: 5m +
Engine: 90hp Opti
Join Date: May 2007
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17 September 2009, 19:27
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Country: UK - England
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Quote:
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And a Coral reef (OLDSPICE)
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A rather dead coral reef :-(
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17 September 2009, 21:01
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Southport
Boat name: Qudos
Make: 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yam 115 V4
MMSI: 235068784
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I had a life once.....That any good?
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17 September 2009, 21:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southport
Boat name: Qudos
Make: 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yam 115 V4
MMSI: 235068784
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I'm reporting that post! 
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