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20 April 2016, 22:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
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Wanted: 4 metre Searider or similar
I'm looking for a 4 metre searider or similar, for under £1,500.
What could I get for that sort of money?
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20 April 2016, 22:26
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Country: UK - England
Length: 3m +
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Do u want an engine and trailer with it?
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20 April 2016, 22:28
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
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Ideally.
Genuinely no idea if the budget is even slightly realistic. The prices on eBay seem so random I don't know what to think!
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20 April 2016, 22:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: warrington
Make: Honwave T32
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury 15 2 stroke
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Avon sea riders are quite sought after, I think you'll struggle finding "decent" one with trailer and outboard for under 2.5k
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20 April 2016, 22:38
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
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Any alternatives to look out for?
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21 April 2016, 07:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Yarhoo
Make: Scorpion
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki 150
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 418
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I have a really nice one. Ready to go. If you want a searider mine is hard to beat. Need to spend more than 1500 but if you want one that's good to go...
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21 April 2016, 19:58
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If you find the boat. Engine and trailer for that money you either need to buy a lottery ticket or you will discover:
- engine is old and sh@gged, or at very least old 2 stroke and under powered.
- hull is tired and when the advert says 'tubes hold air' they meant they didn't go flat before I took the photo.
- trailer is probably not road legal / safe
£2.5k should get you a legal but well used trailer, hull with tubes that can go in the water and be used but may need replaced in the next 2-4 years. 40hp engine but may be manual start, almost certainly manual tilt. Probably 2stroke.
Alternatives. Less desirable brands a wee bit cheaper but I doubt you will find a 4m+ rib for less than 2k on a trailer with engine ready to use. In need of work (and that could be just a clean, engine service and trailer bearing change)
- yes...
But to suggest alternatives people need to know your intended use case
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21 April 2016, 20:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: Retford
Boat name: Spy-sea-one
Make: Excel 435
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki Outboard/25/4
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 7,533
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Custom ribs was selling a cracking one on hear £3400.00 refurbed in 2015 40 yam and trailer.
Cheers
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21 April 2016, 22:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyShoe
But to suggest alternatives people need to know your intended use case
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We're after something to coach racing dinghies and windsurfers from. Doesn't need to be especially fast, but needs to be competent in the chop/swell of Hayling Bay/Solent.
I'm used to coaching from bigger ribs and know a 4 metre won't be as comfortable, but the budget won't stretch to a VSR!
Mechanical works on engines and trailers is not a huge deal - my sons need to learn! I'm happy working in fibre glass, but know nothing about tubes.
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22 April 2016, 07:33
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Country: UK - England
Length: 3m +
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The SR range are ideal coach boats because the flooding hull makes them very stable when stationary.
I'm never quite sure about the 'I need a ninety meter rib to coach sailing in the sea' argument. What length is the dinghy that's being coached? Someone told me recently the Oppi Assoc say you need 5m+ to coach oppies at sea. An Oppi is <3m ... If it's not suitable conditions for an SR4 to look after an Oppi I'm not sure it's suitable for the Oppi to be out! But maybe I'm missing something!
You would need to think about how many boats you are coaching and if a tow for multiple boats is required... That and short bits of moving out the way of one hurtling towards you mean you do need a few horses on the back... So minimum 40 on SR4, 70 on SR5.4.
But what you need is that it (engine) doesn't break at a critical moment.
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22 April 2016, 07:41
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
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When I've coached oppies, having the option to put a hull in/across the rib makes it much easier to quickly bring someone in and get back out to the group (rather than towing) but that's the only reason I can see for a bigger a boat.
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22 April 2016, 08:16
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Country: UK - England
Town: teesside
Boat name: magic
Make: humber 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 115
MMSI: 232012453
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,558
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nothing to do with me but this is on ebay
eBay item number:
262394687386
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22 April 2016, 08:25
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
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Ssshhh!
Already watching it ;-)
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22 April 2016, 13:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: teesside
Boat name: magic
Make: humber 5.5
Length: 5m +
Engine: mariner 115
MMSI: 232012453
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Oops sorry
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24 April 2016, 08:02
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I would let mine go for £2250 completely original no patches in excellent condition wth a mariner 55 
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24 April 2016, 12:32
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Member
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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I've got one. £3k. ETEC 50. 
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24 April 2016, 20:27
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Country: UK - England
Town: Emsworth
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 41
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All sorted now, thanks.
Found a really tidy Porter 4.5, less than 10 miles from home, within our budget.
Right place at the right time :-)
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24 April 2016, 21:17
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Great hopefully see you out on the water sometime
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28 July 2016, 13:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bournemouth
Boat name: Lucky Heather 3
Make: Spearfish
Length: 5m +
Engine: Small!
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 98
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I've got a whaly 435 that I'm moving on, fully rebuilt engine and trailer if any use
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28 July 2016, 18:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Margate / Ramsgate
Boat name: Bumbl
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yanmar diesel
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,837
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I'm thinking of an etec for mine Jizm, modern technology but old fashioned weight.
It's a project boat but of all
My ribs the SR4 I perhaps miss the most so I bought another !
I assume it's a good pairing ? 
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