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22 May 2005, 05:30
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Country: USA
Town: Los Angeles
Boat name: The Boot
Make: Avon SR4
Length: 4m +
Engine: 2000 Tohatsu 50
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 155
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Yes!!!! I downloaded that video and have it saved on my harddrive. I love watching that rib bounce over the swells.
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22 May 2005, 13:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Wilmslow
Boat name: Serotonin
Make: Quicksilver
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 712
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If you want a boat for surf you NEED one of these
http://www.ribworker.com/
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Looks like fantasy land to me, dream on, added it to my favourites  Went to Ibiza last year and some guys were giving (well charging actually for rides) so had a go in their Riviera class Ribworker 40 very very impressive got very wet in the front seats What a fantastic job they have sea sun and an effing big rib
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22 May 2005, 14:15
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Originally Posted by fred bolton
Looks like fantasy land to me, dream on, added it to my favourites Went to Ibiza last year and some guys were giving (well charging actually for rides) so had a go in their Riviera class Ribworker 40 very very impressive got very wet in the front seats What a fantastic job they have sea sun and an effing big rib |
Would LOVE to go on one of those - don't know if Ibiza the best place for a RIB designed to work in REALLY rough conditions but I suppose the sun makes up for it!!!
Was it a popular trip - the price on those things has to be over £100K - could take some time to recover the dosh unless pretty busy!!!
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22 May 2005, 16:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wilmslow
Boat name: Serotonin
Make: Quicksilver
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 712
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Was it a popular trip - the price on those things has to be over £100K - could take some time to recover the dosh unless pretty busy!!!
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I think they only did 2 or 3 trips a day 40 Euros each, every trip was full think they did other work as well.3' swell was about the biggest sea whilst we were there, but the rib managed to create a big wake which we dived across several times as well as stopping the boat from about 30 knots to a dead stop within it's own length!!
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12 November 2006, 23:39
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Country: UK - England
Boat name: llyn raider
Make: xs
Length: 7m +
Engine: 1 200hp merc
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 211
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t be honest im not that impressed withthe zodiac. iv got a 7m xs in pwllheli. and i regularly go up against one. its good but dosnt handle as well. and is a bit sluggish.
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14 November 2006, 05:18
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,366
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Those boats are way overpriced for what they are - trust the Yanks to glamourise them like the Hummer!!!
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I imagine everyone knows this, but the Hurricanes are still made in a Vancouver suburb. I went through their plant a few years ago when I was boat shopping, in part to learn why their boats cost so much. I had to be cleared in advance as they had a number of military boats in production including some 733s for the Israeli navy. Cool looking boats with machine gun mounts etc. The boats were completely black and I assumed they were for covert ops at night. The tubes would have gotten far too hot in the sun to use during the day!
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16 November 2006, 18:37
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Abersoch and Wirral`
Boat name: Pitch
Make: Zodiac CZ7
Length: 7m +
Engine: 2x Evinrude 175 Etec
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 87
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Originally Posted by andyxs
t be honest im not that impressed withthe zodiac. iv got a 7m xs in pwllheli. and i regularly go up against one. its good but dosnt handle as well. and is a bit sluggish.
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Andy - I would agree with you about the top speed the XS is certainly quicker which is due to the weight (weight of construction plus fuel) and the shape of the hull (deeper V), but I know which I would rather be in for comfort and in a big sea plus the tubes don't come off
Jon
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16 November 2006, 19:15
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Pwllheli-North Wales
Boat name: V-ONE
Make: Highfield
Length: 8m +
Engine: Honda 250hp
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,367
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Originally Posted by andyxs
t be honest im not that impressed withthe zodiac. iv got a 7m xs in pwllheli. and i regularly go up against one. its good but dosnt handle as well. and is a bit sluggish.
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17 November 2006, 01:29
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Anchorage
Boat name: Trojan
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Twin Yamaha 70's
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 72
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Hurricane
I don't know about the cz7, but it looks like a comparable design to the 590 which I own. The boat handles quite well, and the in rough conditions video makes me wonder if the guy driving was smoking crack, I think he could have trimmed the nose down a little better. I can make my 590 catch air off of fairly small waves like the cz7 video (i wasn't that impressed with the seas he was in, looked pretty flat to me), but I can also trim the nose down so it will stick at speed. One thing I have noticed when I compare my 590 to other ribs of the same length or even longer, my tubes are much larger in diamater and when really rough the nose is extremely hard to push under a wave during a stuff. This is good in the fact that once full of water boats become nearly impossible to bring back up to speed. The downside is the wave peircing capability blows, and everyone/thing in the boat is thrown forward voilently. The boat however isn't worth the cost for general toy use.. If I was going to spend a quarter million on a boat, it would have alimunum chambers, a cabin, a small galley, a small head and come with a bubbly blonde with big tits.
Jimmy
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"Ribbed, for her pleasure"
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17 November 2006, 01:34
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,366
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Originally Posted by Jimmy_Beam
,,,,come with a bubbly blonde with big tits.
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What, you didn't get that option Jimmy? You are quite right though, the Hurricanes are a much heavier construction than many of the boats referred to on this board. I made mention of this the day I signed up....
How's the weather holding up there by the way? Have you tucked your boat away yet? Mine is going in next week... 
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17 November 2006, 01:46
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Oakley
Boat name: Zerstörer
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki DF 140
MMSI: 235050131
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,931
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Originally Posted by Jimmy_Beam
,,,,come with a bubbly blonde with big tits.
What, you didn't get that option Jimmy? You are quite right though, the Hurricanes are a much heavier construction than many of the boats referred to on this board. I made mention of this the day I signed up....
How's the weather holding up there by the way? Have you tucked your boat away yet? Mine is going in next week...
So how does one measure how heavy ones boat is laid up. Short of taking a core plug, and I certainly don't want to do that, none of us are going to know how heavy our boats are.
can you please explain why your Hurricane is better laid up then our Ribcrafts, Ribtecs, Avons, Halmatics, etc.
I'm not in the mood for an arguement just some facts.........
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17 November 2006, 01:55
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,366
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I'm not in the mood for an arguement just some facts.........
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I wasn't suggesting the Hurricanes were necessarily "better", I think they just weigh more (which I presume comes from thicker hulls etc?). I came to that conclusion looking at manufacturers websites. Looking at various photos on this site, many of the boats appear to have smaller tubes compared to my boat, although that doesn't seem to be universal....
Biggles, I commented in a thread earlier ( http://rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16561 , 3rd post) that "your" boats seem to made and sold as "sport boats" in many cases, whereas most of the boats here are more "industrial" and marketed to the Coast Guard and military primarily...
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17 November 2006, 01:55
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Anchorage
Boat name: Trojan
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Twin Yamaha 70's
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 72
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Commercial Versions
If you have a commercial RIB, I would imagine that it is built as well as the hurricanes.. But like you said, it's hard to tell..
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17 November 2006, 02:01
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Anchorage
Boat name: Trojan
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Twin Yamaha 70's
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 72
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What, you didn't get that option Jimmy? You are quite right though, the Hurricanes are a much heavier construction than many of the boats referred to on this board. I made mention of this the day I signed up....
How's the weather holding up there by the way? Have you tucked your boat away yet? Mine is going in next week... |
Nope.. No blonde.. I had to supply my own.. But she's not too bubbly.
I sent you a PM on the weather.. 20 degrees farenheit would be heat wave..
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17 November 2006, 02:17
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,366
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Nope.. No blonde.. I had to supply my own.. But she's not too bubbly.
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LOL... Maybe you could shake her a bit... 
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17 November 2006, 10:15
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#36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 13
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Originally Posted by jellis
Andy - I would agree with you about the top speed the XS is certainly quicker which is due to the weight (weight of construction plus fuel) and the shape of the hull (deeper V), but I know which I would rather be in for comfort and in a big sea plus the tubes don't come off
Jon
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Have I missed something - do XS have a problem with toobs?
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