Lets see ya boat then

slimtim · 25 November 2004, 15:33

OK, in an attempt to quench my boredom and avoid doing uni work, I thought I would start this thread. I am also very interested in posts that will hopefully be added and am hoping to get some inspiration for my RIB project.

In the time I have been active on this forum (since June ish) I have not seen any thread that has been dedicated displaying your pride and joys. I thought it might be nice for people to show everyone else their boat, so then we can all go "oooo thats nice...I'm so jealous" and maybe people who are thinking of buying a new boat can see what other people have and use the thread as an opportunity to ask their opinion on it. Apologies if a thread was started with this subject before I was around (I find it hard to believe that it wasn’t!)

I reckon if people post a pic of their boat zipping along, one of the internal layout, another of the electronics layout on their console, another of the business end (brum brum) and any others they might have, that would give a good overall view of everyone’s boats!

This might fall at the first hurdle, but lets hope not. The pic I have attached may not be entirely graphically accurate, but its perfectly to scale (almost) , as it was drawn using the world renown CAD software that is MS Paint

. My boat is at home, and I’m at uni so I don’t have any photos as yet!

I'm sure everyone likes to post pics of their RIB, so lets see em.

Cheers

Tim

Louise · 25 November 2004, 15:50

Nice idea and what a great picture - I didn't know your artistic talents extended beyond photography!

Richard might post some pics of Blue Ice later but I'm too lazy to find them so instead you can click on the link in my signature and see lots of piccies of Blue Ice there! Hope you like them!

gingercoastie · 25 November 2004, 16:10

Well here is mine (for now anyway)

slimtim · 25 November 2004, 16:22

Nice piccies, nice boat, thanks for starting it off!

Tim

timboli · 25 November 2004, 17:05

Sorry,dont have any detail pics of the console,hope these will do!

brucehawsker · 25 November 2004, 17:36

As requested

swginn · 25 November 2004, 17:39

Well here's my baby!! Sorry I've posted one or two of these before and I hate to post the same pic twice so I'm workin on some new ones. Just gotta get some gloves that I can still wear using my camera, tis' bloody cold out there!!

Tim, nice idea!! I'm lookin forward to seeing to seeing some more photos, its been a quiet day on the forum.

slimtim · 25 November 2004, 17:51

Nice piccies guys, thanks!

Timboli, looks like you were having fun zooming around there, would love to see some close up pics.

Bruce, Farfetched looks great, can't wait to have a ride sometime!

Steve(?), I knew you would post that jumping pic! By no means a bad thing tho, its a great picture. Cheers.

Keep em coming!

Tim

Brambles · 25 November 2004, 18:23

Here's a pic of Blue Ice at the Round the Island Race this year. Poor quality I'm afraid as it was p**sing down at the time

Brambles · 25 November 2004, 18:32

Here's one of Scooby Doo at Salcombe this year.

tue · 25 November 2004, 18:53

Ok heres mine

Note the penaltimate one is what it looked like when I bought it

limeydal · 25 November 2004, 19:00

Can't let the USA members go unrepresented!!
Still working on some action shots though ,as usually pretty calm over here this time of year.
Get your sunglasses out!

cheers Dal

codprawn · 25 November 2004, 19:09

That first photo looks incredibly phallic - maybe the next wave of rib styling - see who has the biggest codpiece!!!

codprawn · 25 November 2004, 19:11

The pic shows a honda - have you just put a new engine on??? What's your top speed with the evinrude???

codprawn · 25 November 2004, 19:11

Whoops that was meant for Brambles and his Scorpion!!!!

slimtim · 25 November 2004, 19:20

Looking good, thanks for posting the pics!

Tue, how on earth did you manage to resurrect that boat?! You've done a great job, you must have put a lot of work into it. Did you get her re-tubed or did you just clean the old ones?

Cheers

Tim

Tarbh · 25 November 2004, 19:22

My rib and 'pimpmobile'....

tue · 25 November 2004, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimtim

Tue, how on earth did you manage to resurrect that boat?! You've done a great job, you must have put a lot of work into it. Did you get her re-tubed or did you just clean the old ones?

Thanks. It took a year to get her to this stage. Had to cut out most of the floor and bulkheads and replace them all. Then got it all glassed in. Bought a new console and seat from Outhill and got to set it all up as I wanted it. With plenty of advice from here of course

. I haven't had her re-tubed yet just cleaned them up with Mr Muscle.

Brambles · 25 November 2004, 19:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by codprawn

Whoops that was meant for Brambles and his Scorpion!!!!

Sorry Tim, this is off topic but:

Regrettably it's not my boat, she belogs to Ashleyd I'm just talking ballast and chief publicity officer

The when the 'Onda 225 was running she maxed out at about 46 knts. The new engine has just been fitted. The guys in the yard reckon at least 55knts with the Etec. We will find out on Wednesday

Brambles.

Louise · 25 November 2004, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brambles

The guys in the yard reckon at least 55knts with the Etec

Neeeeeeooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Scooby Dooby Doo!!!!

Wow! Cool!

(Sorry for interrupting your thread Tim!)