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[alexg]

Nice Looking boat, I like the seating arrangement i want to try and sort something similar in mine, I was looking for a box like the one fw'ed of your console, did you buy or build it?

[phoenixpete]

Originally Posted by alexg

Nice Looking boat, I like the seating arrangement i want to try and sort something similar in mine, I was looking for a box like the one fw'ed of your console, did you buy or build it?

Hi Alex.
The box at the bow I found at my mates in a corner doing nothing, it was a lot bigger and must have come from another boat console. I cut it down made to make it fit ,as the fuel tank I fitted stuck out from the console quite a bit ( 53lt) Works a treat and also has room for a toolkit and some of my fishing tackle in.
As for the seats, I would have preferred to have the 2 rear pods side by side but as the seariders are quite narrow it would have been tight. 2 seats would probably do most of the time but the extra storage in the pods is worth having over the extra deck space of 2 seats. I can get 3 x 5lt petrol cans in the rear seat and I have a battery in each of the front pods with loads of room left for everything else I need.

[nugent]

Thought this deserved a spot here
Toms, refurbed. Tub

[Polspear]

Hi All,
Some of you may recognize the boat as you might have seen thread about refurb. herea re some pic from first test in the water 2 weeks ago in Swanage:



( I had to erase my colegue )

[J.W.W.]

4.7M on the tiller..

[Transportercraft]

Picked this one up on Sunday...
First rib and new to here.
Lots of work to be done and will be posting progress on here as well as asking very nicely for some advice along the way. There seems to be a lot of knowledge in these pages

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Transportercraft

Picked this one up on Sunday...
First rib and new to here.
Lots of work to be done and will be posting progress on here as well as asking very nicely for some advice along the way. There seems to be a lot of knowledge in these pages

nice looking SR4, and welcome to RIBnet by the way, yeah loads of good advice on here, plenty of banter too, lots of options with a Searider project

[Transportercraft]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

nice looking SR4, and welcome to RIBnet by the way, yeah loads of good advice on here, plenty of banter too, lots of options with a Searider project

Thanks Chris,

I've been lurking quietly on here for a while, its made for some interesting reading!

Can't wait to get started on it! I paid next to nothing for it, including the trailer so I couldn't really turn it down despite having some reservations about the apparent condition of the tubes.

The hull, floor and transom appear to be solid and in good condition though, so I've got a good 'base' so to speak. I'll be looking to fabricate a new seat/console and in the short term at least just tidy the tubes up, give them a good clean and replace some of the patches etc and possibly paint them but will hopefully get it re-tubed in the not too distant future. Finances allowing

Anyway, thanks for the welcome and watch this space

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Transportercraft

Thanks Chris,

I've been lurking quietly on here for a while, its made for some interesting reading!

Can't wait to get started on it! I paid next to nothing for it, including the trailer so I couldn't really turn it down despite having some reservations about the apparent condition of the tubes.

The hull, floor and transom appear to be solid and in good condition though, so I've got a good 'base' so to speak. I'll be looking to fabricate a new seat/console and in the short term at least just tidy the tubes up, give them a good clean and replace some of the patches etc and possibly paint them but will hopefully get it re-tubed in the not too distant future. Finances allowing

Anyway, thanks for the welcome and watch this space

hmmmmm ............ seem to remember my refurb started something similar
if the tubes hold air and look ok then it's very likely they can be repaired at a fraction of the cost of a re-tube, it's always worth asking for advice from the likes of henshaws and SIT etc, my console/jockey seats was supplied and fitted my Mike Whitham, Whitham Glassfibre, top bloke and knows his way around seariders

[Transportercraft]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

hmmmmm ............ seem to remember my refurb started something similar
if the tubes hold air and look ok then it's very likely they can be repaired at a fraction of the cost of a re-tube, it's always worth asking for advice from the likes of henshaws and SIT etc, my console/jockey seats was supplied and fitted my Mike Whitham, Whitham Glassfibre, top bloke and knows his way around seariders

Thanks Chris,

I got Henshaws to price up a re-tube 😳
A refurb it'll be then! 😂

I'm looking forward to building a console myself actually.... I convert vans into campers for a living so I've got a few "skills"

Cheers for pointing me in the right directions though 👍🏻

[Chris Caton]

don't forget to post plenty of pics on the console build n tube refurb

[palsteg]

Some fun this Summer on the Baltic Sea

[cgoing]

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Go this one a few weeks ago! Fixing it up for a customer

[whisper]

[Chris Caton]

great photos, you look like your enjoying your searider

[Xk59D]

whisper, what tube polish do you use? that is stunning.

[Daniel]

It's a trade secret :-)

[Daniel]

That does look VERY shiney Alex !!

[whisper]

It's 2006 with about 5 hours on it. Sold it last week

[jeffstevens763@g]

Originally Posted by cgoing

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Go this one a few weeks ago! Fixing it up for a customer

Nice