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Old 24 February 2016, 21:27   #1
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Spring Break at Redbay Boats

I got a call this week from HQ: "Come in Number Six - your time is up!"

Woo-hoo! A day off real work AND the "willkcraft" was to be brought out of hibernation and gussied up for the season

The last couple of times that I've been recalled, the shop was full of heavy looking grey hardware - Security and Anti-Whatever boats bristling with lights and odd antennae. This time there was a hint of Spring about the place. There were multiple leisure craft and fun boats lounging around the fitout hall. Setting those aside, a few small features caught my eye - namely a splashwell mounted solar panel, a new reversible/removable bench seat and yet another snazzy laser cut hypalon name patch by Henshaw Inflatables.
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Old 24 February 2016, 21:34   #2
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The new 12m boats have been popular - basically a stretch version of the previous 11m. The black one is the now famous triple diesel outboard that is bound for Svalbard - she's gonna be a looker. The seafari boat is bound for Jersey to join her older Redbay sister down there. Twin 350 Verados will make her quite a handful and very much the adrenaline ride! The rest of the hall was packed - but the jaunty wee ivory 7.4m was a break from the norm - I'll look forward to seeing her in the nip next week!
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Old 24 February 2016, 21:52   #3
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Corryvreckan is dead - long live Corryvreckan!

I managed to get a gleek into the Vehicle Assembly Building (Max is a sucker for biccies). New Corryvreckan is coming together rapidly as the clock ticks louder for Old Corry. That's her topsides and hull in build. At 13m and substantially bulkier than old Corry, she will still be a RIB but definitely pushes the boundaries of RIBdom out a little further. I say bulky, but she's massive. Three KAB seats and a passage wide. Six berths, some - wait for it - below decks! Twin Yanmar 370s will power her and I expect that she will not be found wanting in the electronics department.

The superstructure is a first for Redbay (at this size) as it is one single mounding, dropped from an extremely complex set of moulds and inserts.

I feel at this point that I should mention that I have never actually DRIVEN an 11m, never mind a 13m. Just saying is all.....
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Old 24 February 2016, 22:13   #4
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Old 24 February 2016, 23:06   #5
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Come in Number Six.

numbir 2 az a kwestiun faw yew.

wY didd yew resine?
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she will not be found wanting in the electronics department
fUk mee

dat probubly meens de tomm tomm owt ov de werks vann an a wirzberg raydar fromm a jirmun bommer dat crashid onn mukkish mowntin inn de wor.

de bitt bowt de complekks mowlds wil bee iksamind wen firther enkwiries av bin maid.
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I feel at this point that I should mention that I have never actually DRIVEN an 11m, never mind a 13m. Just saying is all.....
Mr k let me drive integrity... Just saying ;-)
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Mr k let me drive integrity... Just saying ;-)
I'm glad that you still believe that...

He told me that he left the autopilot running.


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...de bitt bowt de complekks mowlds wil bee iksamind wen firther enkwiries av bin maid.
oi yEw, behave!

Obviously the internal moulding (console etc) are additional mouldings. They've been thinking about the internals of these 13m yokes for a while and they've made the console and KAB seat bases in one section with plant on pods for custom electronics. Behind the seat bases, the space can be fill with a range of mouldings - benchs/berths, galley, head, equipment storage.

But the big change is the extra space. I'll check for a photo...
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But the big change is the extra space. I'll check for a photo...
So yeah - here's a couple of snaps I took of a version they built late last year. The extra height in the hull means that there is a half height deck running below the seating cabin. It is big enough for a pair of berths, fully accessible fuel tanks and a cargo hold that can be accessed via the underdeck space and a hatch on the afterdeck. The engines have their own huge bay behind all of this space again.
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What...after letting Wilk name Her!?

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What...after letting Wilk name Her!?

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Maximus with a name like that it had to be WiLfish that named her
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Old 11 March 2016, 16:22   #13
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Test Monkeys

The Signal at HQ was lit today for Test Monkeys - but only one was paying attention! The Jersey Seafari RIB was ready for testing and shipping - off to join her twin in the Channel Islands - the lengths some clients will go for the right boats! The day was soft and 600 horsies worth of Verados can make the rain sting a little but did I think it was worth a bit of discomfort?

So I offered to deliver her by sea to save all that faffing about with trailers and ferries...

...and that was when they called in Max the guard dog. Max is sure he would like me - if he could get me cornered somewhere to get a taste.
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Don't mind that blue what's it like in the flesh & how do you rate the patrol console against the leisure one
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Don't mind that blue what's it like in the flesh & how do you rate the patrol console against the leisure one
The blue/black colours are the client's company colours (so I think they are very nice )

The Patrol console is light years ahead of the Explorer, IMHO. I think that might be the wider version? However, for smaller boats the Explorer is much more space efficient and can take a lot of kit. It may look more in keeping with the scale of sub seven meter boats.
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The blue/black colours are the client's company colours (so I think they are very nice )

The Patrol console is light years ahead of the Explorer, IMHO. I think that might be the wider version? However, for smaller boats the Explorer is much more space efficient and can take a lot of kit. It may look more in keeping with the scale of sub seven meter boats.

Cool looks up my street
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The seafari boat is bound for Jersey to join her older Redbay sister down there. Twin 350 Verados will make her quite a handful and very much the adrenaline ride!
I thought I saw one of their old boats for sale recently - that explains why. Looks like they've learnt their lesson about Etecs too
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I thought I saw one of their old boats for sale recently - that explains why. Looks like they've learnt their lesson about Etecs too
Yer - dunno about the Etecs but I was offbase with the 350s - 'twas 300s (in my defence, the housings were off last time).

I see from Facebook that the fleet has traditionally been named after sharp looking birds - Safarihawk, etc.

I HAD been wondering where they going with SafariRihanna
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