Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
21 February 2012, 12:46
|
Replies: 13
Views: 5,340
Check out this thread I started last year.
...
Check out this thread I started last year.
https://www.rib.net/forum/f50/any-c-craft-fans-40740.html
As you'll see, I posted a scan of a C-Craft brochure for the smaller Maxi-D model that lists...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
10 February 2012, 19:51
|
Replies: 16
Views: 4,937
That's the issue with my boat. If there's too...
That's the issue with my boat. If there's too much weight near the bow, the boat bucks and the stern rises, causing the prop to aerate. I took the hydrofoil off the outboard to reduce stern lift but...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
10 September 2011, 03:03
|
Replies: 15
Views: 10,750
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
09 September 2011, 07:07
|
Replies: 15
Views: 10,750
<<we were hardly troubled this year>>
That's...
<<we were hardly troubled this year>>
That's strange -- they got us whenever the wind dropped and Skin So Soft didn't seem to slow them down much. I'd brought some mosquito head nets with me but...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
09 September 2011, 06:37
|
Replies: 15
Views: 10,750
Apt description!
Yes, one day I got up...
Apt description!
Yes, one day I got up early before the rest of the family was awake and drove down to Elgol for some freediving. The visibility was rather good but I was disappointed at the...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
08 September 2011, 19:35
|
Replies: 15
Views: 10,750
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
08 September 2011, 19:32
|
Replies: 15
Views: 10,750
Great report, David!
Coincidentally, I was...
Great report, David!
Coincidentally, I was on holiday with my family on Syke at the same time you were there. We stayed in the old inn at Kylerhea (now a self-catering cottage) close to where the...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
15 May 2011, 14:00
|
Replies: 5
Views: 2,235
When I make longer range trips (15' Avon with...
When I make longer range trips (15' Avon with 40HP 2 stroke) I bring one or two 5 gallon cans as a reserve but I don't mix the oil until I put it into the main tank. That way if I don't use the...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
08 May 2011, 02:48
|
Replies: 13
Views: 4,396
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
06 April 2011, 14:13
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,460
Good memories indeed!
We never had a boat of...
Good memories indeed!
We never had a boat of our own but our neighbor used to let us borrow one once in a while. One year we took one down to Cornwall on holiday. We launched out of Gweek and...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
04 April 2011, 17:16
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,460
Here's the other side of the brochure.
...
Here's the other side of the brochure.
https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5588989487_960e354088_b.jpg
Notice how the bloke with the hat in the bottom photo looks like he might be about to...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
03 April 2011, 15:55
|
Replies: 9
Views: 3,460
Any C-Craft fans?
I came across this the other day and thought some of you might appreciate it. It's a pic of me in a C-Craft that appeared in the company's brochure circa 1970 (I'm the kid on the starboard side).
...
|
Forum: Engines & props
17 March 2011, 18:55
|
Replies: 13
Views: 2,455
|
Forum: Engines & props
17 March 2011, 18:15
|
Replies: 13
Views: 2,455
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
17 March 2011, 16:43
|
Replies: 12
Views: 11,008
Getting certified to use the hoist at Gaviota...
Getting certified to use the hoist at Gaviota redefines the meaning of red tape!
Yes, it has to be a continuous piece of webbing for the front sling on an inflatable, held in place by D-rings (not...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
17 March 2011, 15:22
|
Replies: 12
Views: 11,008
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
07 March 2011, 15:17
|
Replies: 14
Views: 2,818
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
02 March 2011, 17:55
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
Incidentally, when I was looking through the...
Incidentally, when I was looking through the garage for glue to stick the inner tube to the plywood, I came across some Permatex automotive weatherstripping cement that worked perfectly.
It's...
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
02 March 2011, 17:39
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
02 March 2011, 16:50
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
I didn't seal the inserts but the inner tube...
I didn't seal the inserts but the inner tube rubber is pretty tight on the bolts and I'm going to get some neoprene washers to seal the bolt heads from the outside. Hopefully that will slow down any...
|
Forum: Other stuff
02 March 2011, 16:02
|
Replies: 25
Views: 3,013
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
02 March 2011, 16:00
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
|
Forum: Other stuff
02 March 2011, 15:38
|
Replies: 25
Views: 3,013
Cricket fans?
Anybody following the World Cup? You can't beat watching England for excitement ....
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
02 March 2011, 00:07
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
|
Forum: Inflatable boats - SIBs and folding RIBs
26 February 2011, 20:53
|
Replies: 19
Views: 5,163
|