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05 March 2013, 17:07
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cambs
Make: Scorpion
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Whats this then?
Hi all
I came across a boat on boatshed which is being described as a one off scorpion, built for racing with no CE!!
What do the experts think? Has the vendor got it right?
http://norfolk.boatshed.com/register.php?boat=146646
Sounds like it needs to be sold and it goes in to an auction fairly soon
Can't tell if its a deal or a crock.
PH
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05 March 2013, 19:52
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Member
Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Copy some pics and post them up here, I cant see anything without filling out a registration form
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05 March 2013, 20:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
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Ditto
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05 March 2013, 21:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cambs
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Opti
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Tried to do that but couldn't copy the photos. Will try tomorrow.
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05 March 2013, 21:32
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Country: UK - N Ireland
Town: Rostrevor
Boat name: Ricochet
Make: Redbay
Length: 7m +
Engine: Twin F115 Yams
MMSI: 235083269
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Curiosity got the better - so I went looking and I think this is the boat in question
Scorpion RIB 7.75 Race Hull Boats for Sale
So with a 200 horse 2 stroke Yam with an insatiable thirst and no CE plate it certainly wouldn't be my cup of tea
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05 March 2013, 21:32
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Country: UK - England
Length: no boat
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05 March 2013, 21:36
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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
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The question is....does it have a HIN?
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05 March 2013, 23:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
The question is....does it have a HIN?
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Saturday morning Special Nos?
That boat has been discussed on here before - fairly recently...
I remember - but just not where
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05 March 2013, 23:43
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
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Damned if I can find it either.
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06 March 2013, 06:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cambs
Make: Scorpion
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That's the boat. I reckon it needs a load of work to make it usable for anything other than too tooling around on smooth water. Seats have got to go!!! Needs the foot throttle taking out and it has no electronics. As they say on Dragons Den "I'm out".
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07 March 2013, 12:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
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Anyone can put HIN on it - I'm sure Scorpion would help with that and CE if it mattered to anyone. Race boats are a funny thing when it comes to CE marking - as far as I am aware it doesn't have to have been raced as such and I guess if you're not making every boat as a race boat and selling them to the public no-one will mind.
I would think being a Scorpion (if it is one) it would be good as a rough water boat and having driven fast boats from a seated position it's the only way to go over 50mph, jockey are too hard to stay on if there is any side loading at all!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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07 March 2013, 21:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cambs
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Opti
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Scorpion have been good enough to say this is not in fact one of their boats.
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08 March 2013, 01:05
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookee
Anyone can put HIN on it
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I was getting more at the fact that without a HIN on it that's traceable back to the manufacturer,you can say it's any age you want-or any boat you want.
QED in that Scorpion say it's not one of theirs.
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08 March 2013, 06:42
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Country: UK - England
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Boat name: BananaShark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
I was getting more at the fact that without a HIN on it that's traceable back to the manufacturer,you can say it's any age you want-or any boat you want.
QED in that Scorpion say it's not one of theirs.
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Not surprised it's not a genuine Scorpion - Anyone have any idea what it is?
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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08 March 2013, 07:07
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dartmouth
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It looks like a racing phantom that Nick Barsch built a few years back.
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08 March 2013, 09:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ribraff
It looks like a racing phantom that Nick Barsch built a few years back.
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If it is - and it looks like it does resemble the Phantom 19 hull it will be a great RIB with very good seakeeping qualities - it'll go well as well!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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08 March 2013, 11:05
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It's got to be about 7 years ago I reckon.... I remember the lay-up in it was awesome!
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08 March 2013, 11:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cambs
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Opti
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Maybe the guy selling it ought to read this thread!
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08 March 2013, 14:49
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Portholme
Scorpion have been good enough to say this is not in fact one of their boats.
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This is what the place that is sellingb it had to say "Thank you for your interest in the Rib, We (Boatshed) were concerned on the make but we followed this up and sent some details and photographs to Scorpion and they confirmed that it was indeed one of there boats."
Bit of a difference in opinion. It looks like an early scorpion but is it ?
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08 March 2013, 16:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Yarmouth
Boat name: 74 Rouge
Make: Aquavite
Length: 7m +
Engine: 200 O/B
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Looks like one of the mk1 K4+ consoles and Nick did have one or two of those - whereas Scorpion didn't. A few others were sold and could have ended up on different boats though.
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