Forum: Commercial operators
29 July 2015, 05:38
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,161
You're right about the maths - our 9m Ribcraft...
You're right about the maths - our 9m Ribcraft has NT 1.51 for comparison; this is supposed to be the total mass for passengers and/or other cargo. Oh well, someone in an office has ticked another...
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Forum: Commercial operators
28 July 2015, 07:42
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,161
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Forum: Commercial operators
21 June 2015, 09:12
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,161
Plaque is bolted to blue locker cover with...
Plaque is bolted to blue locker cover with stainless allen bolts.
(We'd just dropped some ornithologists on Pladda and took the opportunity to collect some firewood -it being summer!)
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Forum: Commercial operators
20 June 2015, 07:54
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,161
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Forum: Commercial operators
14 March 2015, 22:03
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,500
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Forum: Commercial operators
14 March 2015, 18:45
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,500
Workboat regulations (passengers)
Company "A" has a workboat which they use in the course of their daily business. Company "B" has a need to move staff by sea for their work, and asks "A" to assist. What would "A" need to do to...
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Forum: Commercial operators
19 November 2014, 22:25
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,694
That's a standard for swinging moorings; we've...
That's a standard for swinging moorings; we've had a month's extension, but excess goes up from £500 to £1,000. And I sleep easier when the boats are on trailers...
There's one local who claims...
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Forum: Commercial operators
16 November 2014, 16:26
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,792
This from last year may...
This from last year may help:https://www.rib.net/forum/f36/df150-and-df175-air-intake-manifold-57032.html
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Forum: Commercial operators
16 November 2014, 14:03
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Replies: 25
Views: 4,792
I use Suzukis. I know nothing of Verados.
Go...
I use Suzukis. I know nothing of Verados.
Go for the Verados...
You'd be better off asking which manufacturer has the better customer support; from personal experience I'd say you'd do well to...
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Forum: Commercial operators
28 September 2014, 23:57
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,498
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Forum: Commercial operators
28 September 2014, 16:01
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,498
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Forum: Commercial operators
28 September 2014, 08:59
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,498
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Forum: Commercial operators
28 September 2014, 08:55
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,498
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
15 September 2014, 22:25
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Replies: 5
Views: 755
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
08 August 2014, 15:12
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,292
Might be worth asking about the air intake...
Might be worth asking about the air intake manifold - the valves therein are plastic and prone to head for the cylinders at some speed, with a potentially large amount of damage to engine and wallet....
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
20 July 2014, 07:50
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,513
...whereas mine are fitted between tanks and...
...whereas mine are fitted between tanks and filters. It's a lot easier to prime the fuel system if you're not trying to suck the air out of a large canister filter first. ;)
(Hightower beat me to...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
16 July 2014, 08:18
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,225
Hi Victoria, not sure if this any use but (as...
Hi Victoria, not sure if this any use but (as you're attached to a university) have you thought about https://www.sams.ac.uk/ who are based in Dunstaffnage? Don't know how amenable they'd be, but may...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
01 July 2014, 06:49
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,920
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
30 June 2014, 08:37
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,920
When I'm moving slowly close to the rocky stuff...
When I'm moving slowly close to the rocky stuff in a bit of a chop - could be wildlife tours, could be lighthouse engineers - the last thing I need is 10m of lorry string (marked by a weed-covered...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
29 June 2014, 23:33
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,920
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
22 June 2014, 09:04
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Replies: 3
Views: 906
You know you've been at sea too long...
...when you just get that feeling something's not quite right.
Then you see you've not attached your kill cord :eek:
And you start to look for it hanging over the steering wheel...
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Forum: RIBs & ribbing
06 May 2014, 17:24
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,986
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Forum: Commercial operators
10 April 2014, 17:24
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Replies: 35
Views: 13,692
We've just received our Cat 3 (R) 10nm...
We've just received our Cat 3 (R) 10nm certificate for "Bennan"; fairly straightforward procedure if somewhat painful on the wallet... But it does now mean that we can trundle folk around* if they...
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Forum: Other stuff
23 March 2014, 22:14
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,467
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Forum: Engines & props
22 September 2013, 09:26
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,355
This is the inside of a failed Suzuki DF175 air...
This is the inside of a failed Suzuki DF175 air intake manifold; three out of four diverter valves disintegrated and were sucked into - or past - the inlet valves. This is not, in my experience, a...
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