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27 October 2005, 12:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Newquay, Cornwall.
Boat name: None :(
Make: None :(
Length: 5m +
Engine: None :(
MMSI: None :(
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,280
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The long wait is over
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27 October 2005, 12:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: West Wittering
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Looks very smart indeed, SUPERB ENGINE choice as well  . Which Garmin is that you have gone for? 
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27 October 2005, 12:55
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Well done - looks really good.
Having the console further forward makes for a much better balanced boat - looks very similar to the Ribeye I did my PB2 in the other day - that went very well with a smaller engine than yours!!!
Post some more pics and a write up of your first trip!!!
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27 October 2005, 12:55
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Country: UK - England
Town: Newquay, Cornwall.
Boat name: None :(
Make: None :(
Length: 5m +
Engine: None :(
MMSI: None :(
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,280
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Which Garmin is that you have gone for?
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Its a 178C - I had a black and white 178 on my last boat and found it to be a great unit - so this time I treated my self to a colour screen.
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27 October 2005, 13:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes
Length: 8m +
Engine: 225 Opti
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 551
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Very nice - enjoy
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27 October 2005, 14:40
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Helston, Cornwall
Boat name: Silver Fern
Make: Rayglass Protector
Length: 8m +
Engine: 2 x 250hp Verado
MMSI: 235024092
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 811
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Nice looking boat there Roy 
We need to hook up and get some foto's of you on the water. I bet abi and luke are happy.
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27 October 2005, 15:15
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Member
Country: Belgium
Town: NIVELLES BELGIUM
Boat name: INDEPENDENT
Make: BWM RAPIER
Length: 9m +
Engine: Ob 2*250/2t yams hpd
MMSI: 235030702
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 885
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Excellent choice Good looking boat ...what do you reckon she will do WOT ??
Jonathan
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27 October 2005, 15:29
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cornwall
Make: Waveline
Length: under 3m
Engine: Yamaha 2.5
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 421
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Looks really good Roy. Hope to see you out on the water soon
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27 October 2005, 16:46
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bracknell
Boat name: Boatless and lost
Length: no boat
MMSI: Who?
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 531
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Top looking RIB Roy.
Congrats.
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Born to stuff!!
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27 October 2005, 17:17
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Country: UK - England
Length: 5m +
MMSI: Nope
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 554
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Superb.
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27 October 2005, 17:45
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Newquay, Cornwall.
Boat name: None :(
Make: None :(
Length: 5m +
Engine: None :(
MMSI: None :(
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Thanks everyone for you comments. I am very pleased with it - cant wait to get it on the water - even though the forecast is rain for this weekend.
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I bet abi and luke are happy.
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Yes Luke and Amy are very happy - not sure they are quite as keen as me to do a trip out in the rain though.
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Originally Posted by eupa
what do you reckon she will do WOT ??
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This has allready been debated but I have a 21 prop so max theoretical speed is 45 knots - so depending on what my prop slip works out at should be in the region of just over 40 knots I reckon. One things for sure - i'm going to have a lot of fun finding out the actual figure.
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Hope to see you out on the water soon
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There is nothing stopping me now (except work and the price of fuel) - I should be out most weekends at least when the summer comes - I should be out a fair bit during the winter months too - I'm not planning to winterize.
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27 October 2005, 17:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading, Hants
Boat name: Juicy
Make: Sealine F43
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 370hp
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,884
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Hey Roy it looks fantastic, i bet you are well chuffed and the countdown was great fun to watch the days tick by, it kind of got us all involved in seeing it come to life, hope you have so much fun this weekend
take care
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27 October 2005, 19:33
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cornwall
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,518
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Having seen it in the flesh I can vouch for the fact that it looks even better than in the pics, the attention to detail and finish look superb.
Best of luck with her Roy
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27 October 2005, 20:37
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 3,804
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Nice boat.
Makes me jealous!!!
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27 October 2005, 21:19
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Hayle, Kernow
Boat name: Spare RIB
Make: Narwhal
Length: 5m +
Engine: 130 Yam Outboard
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 642
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Great boat Roy, look forward to see her 4 real in the summer..
Nice 1 
Shaggy
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27 October 2005, 21:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Helston, Cornwall
Boat name: Silver Fern
Make: Rayglass Protector
Length: 8m +
Engine: 2 x 250hp Verado
MMSI: 235024092
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 811
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Amy
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Sorry, I was at work and a little distracted when I posted that. 
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27 October 2005, 22:44
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: West Wales
Make: Vipermax 5.8, SR4.7
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150 Opti, F50EFi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,299
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Great looking RIB Roy - I know these work well after trying one the same spec at Ribcraft's open day at Portland a couple of weeks ago - it handled the rough stuff extremely well and the Suzuki 140 is superb - a really good choice and I'm envious as hell.
Did you specify the irregular lengths of the lifelines, or is that how they came out of the can???
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28 October 2005, 01:54
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Member
Country: USA
Boat name: The Boot
Make: Avon SR5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki DF70
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 270
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Beautiful boat. I'm jealous. Truly jealous. I think I want a Ribcraft 5.85 as my next boat. 
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28 October 2005, 07:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Isle of Wight
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 154
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Lovely.
You might want to remove the spare wheel and put it in your boot. My spare wheel was in the same location and grounded the first time I brought my new RIB home. Also, it will stop someone from nicking it.
Have lots of fun.
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28 October 2005, 08:13
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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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Big Congrats Roycruse.
What a great-lookin boat
May you have many excellent voyages !
Us
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