Lets see your boat history.....

ADS · 12 May 2007, 19:52

Lets see some pictures of your previous boats and your current pride and joy (TimM may need a seperate server!).
I will start:
Avon 4m Supersport, 40HP Suzuki 2stroke
+ Very quick and economical, interesting handling (Could have the helm all the way over and give it a burst of throttle and it just went sideways!)
- Would have planed with a 15HP, the 40HP was an overkill, it couldn't handle the power and weight and started to fall to bits. Not enough vee in the hull really so rough weather was a no no.

Ring 15ft Speed boat, 70HP Tohatsu 2stroke
+ A real posers boat, looked the part, went very well, just under 50MPH with the Tohatsu. Great fun, but liked the petrol, lovely engine though.
- Too light a layup, had all sorts of breakages, and again not very good in rough weather.

Current boat: Avon 4m Searider, Mariner 50HP.
Collected this morning by my brother from Nos4r2, I ve yet to set eyes on it, but im expecting great things from the little Searider hull. I ve always wanted one, and this fitted the specification exactly, cheers Matt.

Stoo · 12 May 2007, 20:25

This is the current one... a Zodiac Hurricane 590 (150 Yamaha), and the previous one... A Zodiac Mark III Rigid Hull (60 Mariner)... It would be a Hurricane 440 now I suppose. The previous ones were a Zodiac Mk. II Futura and a Mk. II Compact before that...

The next boat will likely have sails... but not for a long while yet...

Tim M · 15 May 2007, 13:30

So that's where nos's searider went. Well done Alex!

A handful of my favorites:
1: Quicksilver 270ad with 6hp Johnson (longshaft!!) - the first boat I bought.
2: Cormorant - 4.1m Southern Pacfic with Mariner 40. Great fun - my first "proper" boat. Had some great days out in her with family. She was the reason I ended up at Portsmouth uni after I descovered how great the Solent was when my parents and I took the rib down to the Isle of Wight one summer holiday.
3: The pontoon boat! My AS level DT project. My teacher nearly died of a heart attack that year - he thought I was making a model boat, not a full size one.
4: Greyhound - Ribtec 585 with Mariner 115. Jimbos old boat. Very safe and looked good.
5: Evolution - my current and (as of last week) only RIB. Currently fitted with a Johnson 140 4 stroke. Long term plan is to put a Suzuki 225 4stroke on the back!

Tim M · 15 May 2007, 13:33

Had to add this one: Giant duckie - aprox 1hp (depends on how strong you are feeling). She is for sale (along with her 5 brothers and sisters) if anyone wants one!!

Nauti Buoy · 15 May 2007, 14:21

Avon 560 - DF90hp Suzuki
Avon 620 - DF140 Suzuki
Avon 580 Sea Sport De Luxe - DF140 Suzuki
Wellcraft Bowrider - Volvo 5.7V8 GXi Duo Prop
Ribcraft 585 - DF140 Suzuki

Nauti Buoy · 15 May 2007, 14:27

Just Sold - Parker 900 Baltic - 2 x 275 Verado's
On Order - Parker 900 Baltic Safari (Photoshopped

) - Engines -Jurey Out at the mo

codprawn · 15 May 2007, 14:53

There was me thinking you had taste in boats - and then I saw the Wellcraft bowcatcher.....

How about going for the suzuki 300hp - i want to know what they are like!!!

Nos4r2 · 15 May 2007, 20:55

Apart from the SR4 I don't have any pics of any of mine on the water.I rarely went anywhere in company that was carrying a camera.

I think that Sr4 is going to give you a 4m long grin ADS

ADS · 15 May 2007, 21:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Apart from the SR4 I don't have any pics of any of mine on the water.I rarely went anywhere in company that was carrying a camera.

I think that Sr4 is going to give you a 4m long grin ADS

I hope so, you missing it already!

Nos4r2 · 15 May 2007, 22:03

A bit-but I was getting fed up of having no work space with it in the garage.

I'll miss it if I see it on the water!

Nasher · 15 May 2007, 22:05

The only pictures I can find

1) 1950's Two man assult craft - 18' 6" long and Still in my possession.
2) Flatacraft Force 4/55HP Suzuki triple - Cried the day I sold it.
3) Ocean 6.5/200HP Suzuki EFI - Current.
4) The smaller Nashers Zodiac currently awaiting an engine.

Nasher.

Hugh Jardon · 17 May 2007, 07:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nauti Buoy

Avon 560 - DF90hp Suzuki
Avon 620 - DF140 Suzuki
Avon 580 Sea Sport De Luxe - DF140 Suzuki
Wellcraft Bowrider - Volvo 5.7V8 GXi Duo Prop
Ribcraft 585 - DF140 Suzuki

richard, you have only listed the boats you have had in the last 12 months, what about all the others!!

if it was a thread for the cars you have had you would need your own complete thread for that one!

Nauti Buoy · 17 May 2007, 08:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

richard, you have only listed the boats you have had in the last 12 months, what about all the others!!

if it was a thread for the cars you have had you would need your own complete thread for that one!

alt · 17 May 2007, 10:12

1) My first 'decent' boat - Lencraft 5.75m RIB with a Yamaha 75
2) Panther 19SC with a 1.7 Mercruiser Diesel
3) Current - Lema gold, 24.5ft, Volvo KAD32 Diesel w/ DuoProp

bogib · 17 May 2007, 12:25

1973-1984 Shetland 535 powered by Chrysler 55
1978-1983 Dateline Hawaiian powered by Mercruiser 898 (198 hp)
1983-1986 Humber 600 powered by twin Yamaha 60
1986-1992 Somi 660 powered by Volvo Penta 160 hp diesel
1992-1996 Shetland SS 1900 powered by Mercury 200EFI
1993-1999 Quicksilver 330 powered by Mariner 40 (SIB)
2001-2005 Somi 800 powered by Yanmar 315 hp diesel (part owned)
2006- Seaquel XS600 powered by Mercury Verado 275

Not much of a photos in digital form and no scanner at home but will dig in paperphotos and have them scanned soon.

Bogi

Hugh Jardon · 17 May 2007, 17:16

1970-1985 single lilo....lost it
1994-1997 shetland saker with suz 85...sold on and made 2k profit!
1997-2006 shetland 4 plus 2 with honda 90 fs outboard....lost 3k in 9 years
2000-2005 bombard ax300 with 2hp yam then upgraded to 4hp evinrude,

2002-2003 bombard tropic with 9.9 yam...too small
2002-2005 seaspray...blew away in the wind
2003-present ethans green boat...wish it would blow away!
2004-present quicksilver airdeck 3.4 with yam 15....fantastic fun
2006-present Osprey Vipermax with opti 200 ....just love it

Hugh Jardon · 17 May 2007, 17:17

we love the vipermax, so much fun for the family

wavecrosschris · 17 May 2007, 17:46

That's my old boat in the background. Sold it now, as I found the Focus struggled a bit up hills with it on the back, plus it took up too much of the garden

timw · 17 May 2007, 19:16

but both remarkably well built and stylish

RJH · 28 May 2007, 19:59

Having spent virtually the whole day inside prompted me to do some tidying on the PC and so decided to do this.

If this comes out right, it should show the following:

1. First rib! Me and my Dad's Flatacraft Force 4 with 50hp Merc. Probably didn't appreciate how good it was at the time. So old that's why the photograph is in sepia!! (Actually around 1976)

2. Bombard Aerodek 3.8m with Suzuki 15hp 2003. Nice set up but engine heavy to set up every time on your own.

3. Avon 560 with Yamaha 80hp 4 stroke in 2004. Great boat - really gave us the rib bug again.

4. Ribtec 6.5m + Optimax 115hp. Lovely family rib. Will be sorry to see her go.

5. Latest addition to the family - hopefully get her this week - Ribcraft 7.5m sport with Suzuki 250hp. Have had several runs out in these boats and now really looking forward to getting our hands on it for real.

Had a couple of hard boats in amongst all the above. A Fletcher 14ft with a Merc 80hp during the late 80s. Used mainly for lake skiing but very fast and a Fletcher Sportscruiser with Mercruiser 120hp diesel 3 years ago. The less said about the last one the better except to say we were glad to get back into ribs - very cheap to run though.