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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 14:33:06 GMT
A couple of corrections if I may.
Firstly my Colvic is not my home. I have considerably larger vessels for that. Secondly the fairline would be for the non tidal Thames. Up River.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 14:35:19 GMT
Why the question? where on earth are you gonna use this monstrous jetski safely? Between you, me and the gatepost I'm actually going to use it as a solar charging base station and battery exchange unit for the electric canoe in my avatar Don't tell anyone but petrol won't be going anywhere near it TOO BLOODY NOISY
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 16:29:40 GMT
Why the question? where on earth are you gonna use this monstrous jetski safely? Between you, me and the gatepost I'm actually going to use it as a solar charging base station and battery exchange unit for the electric canoe in my avatar Don't tell anyone but petrol won't be going anywhere near it TOO BLOODY NOISY Really? What happened to the crusty with the weird outboard? Anyhow you've given me ideas for cheap fun. If I had somewhere to store that boat I'd have hit 'buy it now' hours ago.
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Post by bodger on Aug 20, 2019 16:45:40 GMT
You're a sadist then? Personally I'd go a bit slower if the sea was a bit choppy. Anyhow if it were your boat you could always fit a comfy chair... seems to be a disconnect there somewhere. the sadist was the Italian who drove the boat. ............... and you would need to spend thousands to get a satisfactory chair a la offshore powerboat racer.
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Post by bodger on Aug 20, 2019 16:54:06 GMT
A couple of corrections if I may. Firstly my Colvic is not my home. I have considerably larger vessels for that. Secondly the fairline would be for the non tidal Thames. Up River. then a Honda 9.9 would do nicely.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 17:49:09 GMT
Between you, me and the gatepost I'm actually going to use it as a solar charging base station and battery exchange unit for the electric canoe in my avatar Don't tell anyone but petrol won't be going anywhere near it TOO BLOODY NOISY Really? What happened to the crusty with the weird outboard? Anyhow you've given me ideas for cheap fun. If I had somewhere to store that boat I'd have hit 'buy it now' hours ago. I may still get hold of the weird outboard with "Yamaha 50" written on the cover in vinyl lettering. It was quite an intriguing unit. Electric start I think it probably was about 50hp but I did not recognise the lid. Not a Chrysler. Something unusual as I have seen a lot of outboards before but never this particular one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 17:50:36 GMT
A couple of corrections if I may. Firstly my Colvic is not my home. I have considerably larger vessels for that. Secondly the fairline would be for the non tidal Thames. Up River. then a Honda 9.9 would do nicely. One of the older Honda 6 is my preferred option. A nice twin.
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Post by NigelMoore on Aug 20, 2019 19:26:22 GMT
Is this one? Only has 15hp mounted . . . But then it doesnβt have much competition in the speed stakes β
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 19:31:48 GMT
Is this one? Only has 15hp mounted . . . But then it doesnβt have much competition in the speed stakes β They go plenty well enough with a 9.9hp Four stroke - +7mph so plenty fast enough for the non tidal Thames. However, with a nice old Evinrude fast twin or a Mercury tower of power and a nice open stretch of water (not the non tidal Thames!!) You'd be a miserable old so and so not to raise a smile as the throttle goes forward and the bow comes up ππ
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 19:45:37 GMT
I'd go so far as to say that the Mariner would be fine for much of the tidal Thames as well, with a bit of attention to the ebb and flood etc. Its only a little jelly-mould after all. But as Gazza says, the fun part would come with more... Doing the safety-boat duty is a staggering bore, but even a 40hp motor (and thats the small one) really shifts if you want it to.
I would suppose the issue would all be about weight. Would it be crazy to add ballast to a plastic boat like that?
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Post by JohnV on Aug 21, 2019 7:31:46 GMT
Would it be crazy to add ballast to a plastic boat like that? yuss !!! ..... you would then have to have an even bigger outboard to get up on the plane
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2019 8:05:06 GMT
I'd not come across the term "warped bottom" before reading the brochure. Interesting.
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Post by bodger on Aug 21, 2019 9:03:02 GMT
I'd not come across the term "warped bottom" before reading the brochure. Interesting.
I suppose it derives from the early days of building hard chine hulls out of plywood (or in some cases pine planking - popular in the USA). A sheet of ply would be twisted to form the typical hull bottom shape - nearly flat at the back, twisting up (warping?) to make a fine entry at the bow, as is very apparent in the photos. This ensured the boat would get up on the plane readily at comparatively low speeds. Early GRP designs were simply an adaptation of existing plywood hull shapes. In the sailing dinghy market many designs were available in ready-built GRP or in DIY plywood, both complying with the approved design. More modern fast power boats have a deep vee GRP hull which reduces pounding in a choppy sea, but this has little relevance on inland waters. Probably need a lot more power to get up on the plane, at a higher speed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2019 9:22:42 GMT
That makes sense.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 21:17:51 GMT
Anyway beer tokens exchanged and boat launched. Moored in the bushes at an undisclosed location. No osmosis on it. Also no handrails on top and no sign of any having been there. Rubber sealed windows. Bit of an odd one I wonder if it's a really early one. Or a shell rather than a finished boat. There is nothing in it other than some recently installed plywood but it does have 3 skin fittings so I think it did have some installs at some stage. It's very clean. Really nice little boat actually. According to some literature I have found on the web it may be a good boat for pulling birds. It's got nice bronze cleats but I am unclear as to the practicality of towing a skier from the side of the vessel as shown. I don't think it would work.
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