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28 October 2004, 22:48
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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Far Fetched - Maiden Trips
Joshua (15) and I took her out for three trips on three days last week out of Lymington.
First pics are en route from Fareham. Later ones in Lymington.
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28 October 2004, 22:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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And more....
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28 October 2004, 22:54
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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one got missed....
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28 October 2004, 23:12
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Country: Other
Make: Ribtec
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yamaha F225
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 411
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Nice looking boat Bruce. Have fun.
Hope to see you around some time.
Brian
p.s. Have you got Farfetched on steroids. It's a mighty lot of boat for 3.2m or are you just being modest...
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29 October 2004, 07:12
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,252
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Looking good Bruce, a bit different from the old boat would you not agree?
Nick
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29 October 2004, 07:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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Looks brilliant Bruce.
Don't worry about a few scratches.
Laughter lines add character 
Bet your kiddo had a blast 
Us
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29 October 2004, 07:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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took her out a week ago in force 5/6/7 just around the mouth of the Lymington river so we could run to safety if we got scared. Had a lot of fun, but returned to base when our courage - not the boat - failed! Could never have done that in a 3.2M SIB - unless we were experts like Keith in Scotland!
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29 October 2004, 08:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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What sort of speeds? and was it comfortable?
Us 
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29 October 2004, 14:41
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Carigaline/Baltimore
Boat name: XS-600
Make: XS-Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: Merc Optimax 150 XL
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 682
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Looks sweet Bruce!! Hows the Opti goin?? Have you got her run in yet? What have you taken her up to so far? I love leaving her rip and that sound just above 3000rpm all the way to WOT 
Quick tip, just to be on the safe side I wouldn't show your cars reg in any pictures you post online. After all RIBnet is the top search result for "Rib" on Google so this is where any RIB thieving scum will come to do their research and find out what address your car is registered to.
We don't want them finding out where that sweet machine is kept now do we!! 
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29 October 2004, 16:28
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ipswich
Boat name: Obsession
Make: ORKNEY PILOTHOUSE 20
Length: 6m +
Engine: SUZUKI 70
MMSI: 235024496
Join Date: May 2004
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Welcome to the Solent owners club Bruce.Hope you enjoy it as much as I have since getting mine 4 weeks ago.What a great Rib they are.I think we should have a Solent owners cruise sometime.
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29 October 2004, 18:28
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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Cheers for pm Brucie
(how 'bout aspirational Solent owners too )
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01 November 2004, 23:09
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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In the random chop outside the Lymington River mouth in Force 6 we were finding that about 24 knots was the most we could average against the wind. That was basically getting us to bounce from peak to peak (I think). Trimmed right down helped. Certainly was fairly smooth. Going with the wind was more challenging. Just as we were going fine, suddenly we came off the wave, and there was a danger of ending up at what seemed like a downwards angle, so trimming up as much as I could while keeping engine from 'buzzing' seemed to help. But we got a bit wet. We went much faster though. This is called learning by experience! Joshua (15) quickly picked up the basics of what sort of wave patterns to slow down for!
Great fun, never uncomfortable, just quite scarey!
Forgot to check if Opti was run in yet - done 7+ hours so guess so. We had a blast down Southampton water at 40+ knots - took off pretty effectively on some ferry wash, but the landing felt secure and predictable (Joshua was driving and showing off to those on the ferry!). Basically I love the response of the Opti in the chop, find I am agressively moving from low throttle to nearly WOT and back as I learn to respond to the wave structures. Guess we all develop our own driving techniques though. My objective is to avoid any 'crashes' as we land!
Yes I adore her!
Wayne, your boat looks really sophisticated. What are the 'lights' in the front of the forward bench seat?
Cheers
Bruce
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02 November 2004, 12:55
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,252
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"What are the 'lights' in the front of the forward bench seat?"
Speakers!
Nick
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02 November 2004, 15:42
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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You must have a quieter engine than my Opti!!!! 
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02 November 2004, 16:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Blandford / London
Boat name: Top Cat
Make: Scorpion 8.1
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha F225
MMSI: 235020739
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 124
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Lovely, looking boat. We quite often cruise to Lymington (although less frequently in the Winter !), we will keep a eye out and give you wave. Had an Optimax on our last RIB, great engine I miss the hooligan exhaust note !
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03 November 2004, 08:29
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Southampton
Boat name: DynaMoHumm/ SRV/deja
Make: Avon8.4, 5.4 & 4.777
Length: 8m +
Engine: Cat3126 Yam 90 &70
MMSI: 42
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,562
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Originally Posted by brucehawsker
Basically I love the response of the Opti in the chop, find I am agressively moving from low throttle to nearly WOT and back as I learn to respond to the wave structures. Guess we all develop our own driving techniques though. My objective is to avoid any 'crashes' as we land!
Yes I adore her!
Cheers
Bruce
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Glad you got her on the water it certyainly gives you something to go to work for.
Have you got footstraps? also how big are your tanks
cheers
Stuart
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