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29 June 2010, 21:56
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
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A Wolf is born...
Got the first photos this morning 
Still one or two fairly significant bits to be fitted yet, but it's definitely starting to look like a boat 
Off to get the bling fitted on Thursday, and the kelp-stirrer is meant to turn up about the end of the week.
Can't wait! 
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29 June 2010, 21:58
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Country: Iceland
Town: Reykjavik
Boat name: Cheesee
Make: Seaquel 600 XS
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Congratulations, and I see you did choose SBS trailers from Joe well done
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29 June 2010, 22:07
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Nice 
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29 June 2010, 22:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: Newcastle
Boat name: Merlin
Make: RB4 Gemini 550
Length: 4m +
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looks very tidy.
Name suits it !
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29 June 2010, 23:46
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: West of Scotland
Make: humber
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:)
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30 June 2010, 06:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
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Good colours.
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30 June 2010, 11:20
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
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Not finished yet though, needs the black wingback seats and a bit of bling to hang the traffic lights off, for the final look
What do the assembled audience reckon for where to put names - one on the front of the console and one on the transom? That's the only bit I've not really got settled in my mind.
The A-frame is a compilation of the best ideas I have seen on RIBnet, and the electronics are sorted - Garmin 556s plotter/sounder with a through-hull transducer, Icom IC-M411 DSC VHF (I wanted a 421 but they are no longer available in black) and the E-tec I-command gauges, plus a blank space on the console for future use. Also looking at one of those active AIS aerials at a later date to provide AIS input to the plotter, but I am not getting that just yet in case something else comes up.
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30 June 2010, 14:33
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Congrats, Stephen!
jky
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30 June 2010, 18:02
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Town: Wild West
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Very nice!
Looking good! Best of luck with her.
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30 June 2010, 21:27
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
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Very, very nice. 
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30 June 2010, 23:20
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She's looking good Stephen! Be sure to keep the photos coming 
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01 July 2010, 00:36
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
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Here are some more. Seating for three on individual seats with wingbacks, which suits what I do, keeps people dry and safe in the middle of the boat and removes the probability of me trying to get past a double console and ending up falling in the oggin in my tellytubby suit a dozen miles from the nearest boat with nobody else on board.
The only thing that is going to need some buggering about is the trailer which does not suit the boat that well in standard form, the planing pad apparently doesn't touch the stern keel rollers due to the hull shape, and rather annoyingly the keel rollers on the SBS bunk trailer are not adjustable but anyway I already have ideas about dealing with that and have some other mods planned to improve on a couple of other points. It'll probably be the first SBS trailer that has ever had 33x12.50R15 mud-terrains fitted 
I should be getting some more pics when the engine and bling is fitted, so will post up when I get them
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21 July 2010, 11:08
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
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Some more 'work in progress' pics arrived from Roy this morning
1. Console layout with the plotter/sounder, VHF, Etec instruments and "A space for something in the future" - not sure what just yet but I expect I will think of something  if the plotter went in the middle it wouldn't have been possible.
2. I decided to go for one of those new Digital Yacht AIS decoders mounted on the A frame and feeding into the chartplotter so will see how that works. Definitely a "Want" rather than a "Need" but what the hell
3. A frame, a topless Etec (phoowar) and the 3rd wingback
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21 July 2010, 11:43
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
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Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
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Looking good
I'm sure I've seen a plotter like that fitted to a console like that in a similar position to that somewhere:
Did Ribcraft supply the A-frame?
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21 July 2010, 12:15
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Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
Did Ribcraft supply the A-frame? |
Just because I shied away from the "scaffolding look" 
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21 July 2010, 12:20
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
Just because I shied away from the "scaffolding look"
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You didn't shy away from the Rib Raider antenna though. 
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21 July 2010, 12:26
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol
Make: Ribcraft
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Engine: Yamaha
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ha ha, stop it dd, stephen looks really nice!! KEEP EM COMING
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21 July 2010, 14:05
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Downhilldai
You didn't shy away from the Rib Raider antenna though. |
I had no problem with mine in 3 years so saw no need to change
Must be just you lot being ruff@rses
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21 July 2010, 14:38
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
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Quote:
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So you'll be the sole vhf owner in the FIs.
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21 July 2010, 14:43
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: N Wales Chester
Boat name: Mr Smith
Make: Humber
Length: 6m +
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Quote:
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So you'll be the sole vhf owner in the FIs. |
that tickled me.
Nice boat btw, look forward to some pics/vids of the scenery down there!!!
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