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03 June 2005, 13:35
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Country: UK - England
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Stidd seats
The Stidd seats are finally in a RIB!
John
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03 June 2005, 13:55
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Country: Sweden
Town: Stockholm
Boat name: Osprey & Ring
Make: Osprey & Ring
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Looks great JK.
Do you have any pics of the whole boat.
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03 June 2005, 14:14
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I think Peter's got some. I'll try to persuade him to post them!
John
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03 June 2005, 15:01
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Town: Hayle, Kernow
Boat name: Spare RIB
Make: Narwhal
Length: 5m +
Engine: 130 Yam Outboard
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They look expensive...
Shaggy
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03 June 2005, 16:03
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bracknell
Boat name: Boatless and lost
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Serious looking set of seats JK.
Do you know how they've been held down to the deck?
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03 June 2005, 16:08
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They look expensive...
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About $18,000 each if you buy them new 
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Do you know how they've been held down to the deck?
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I think they ended up with a big chunk of steel laminated into the deck with four large studs sticking up for each seat!
Looking forward to taking it for a spin! 
John
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03 June 2005, 18:41
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Country: UK - England
Town: southampton
Boat name: TOP CAT 2
Make: Scorpion 8.1
Length: 8m +
Engine: 250hp HO
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i think they look pants, £18k id expect the trim to fit and not be baggy....
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03 June 2005, 19:08
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Are you going to use the built in harness??? Thought they weren't a good idea in an open boat?
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04 June 2005, 00:39
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Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: wizzard
Make: REDBAY
Length: 7m +
Engine: 225 optimax
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Are there suspension struts under the seats, are they sprung, is it hydraulic or gas , if so do you have any pics
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04 June 2005, 00:54
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
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Really worth it if backs are well supported and impact minimised.
Look forward to checking it out on the water!
Us
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Happy New Resolutions!!! : RIBbing for the craic!!!
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04 June 2005, 09:29
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Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin.
Boat name: Tender 2.
Make: Valiant DR 600
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150 Optimax
MMSI: coming soon !
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04 June 2005, 11:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: London
Boat name: event horizon
Make: Custom
Length: 9m +
Engine: inboard
Join Date: Feb 2005
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seen you coming old chap
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All joking aside though unless you hve won the lottery or are making far too much money via the internet these seats are simply NOT worth the money . As the guy said if you suffer that much give it up ! for one whilst not doing yourself any good you certainly will not be safe if you require this leval of comfort to helm a Rib . It s not a rocket science but as always freedom of speech is good and it does not appear to be just a personal viewpoint that they are a complete and utter waste of money.....................  before you say have you used them the response is yes and in service too..........
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04 June 2005, 20:41
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Town: Margate / Ramsgate
Boat name: Bumbl
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Length: 8m +
Engine: Yanmar diesel
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Yer but JK did'nt pay 18k did he!
There were some going on ebay for less than a grand each a while back - since a jockey seat can be £500 all up this is not so bad.
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04 June 2005, 21:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
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You need a comfy chair.
Us
Will be nice to see these seats in real life. Interesting design.
Us
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04 June 2005, 21:42
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Of course not! That would be silly. The only people that buy them new are the American government. 
Including shipping they came to a bit less than twice the price of a regular jockey seat.
John
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04 June 2005, 22:02
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...Including shipping they came to a bit less than twice the price of a regular jockey seat.
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Each? Pair?
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04 June 2005, 22:13
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They each came to came to a bit less than twice the price of a regular jockey seat.
Codprawn, I'll try the harness and see what I reckon. It's not recommended if you capsize the boat, but other than that I don't see any problem with it. Peter's fiver year old grandson reckons they're fantastic!
Gavin, these don't have any suspension, although the latest version does apparently.
John
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04 June 2005, 22:30
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Sory to be slow.. is "peter" on here (RIBnet) - i am assuming a friend with a RIB?
At that price i can see why you snapped them up, shame the RIBnet boat never happened, still many more years to come - don't forget in a few years you'll have to get a boat for JnrK 
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05 June 2005, 14:46
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Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
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05 June 2005, 15:54
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Sory to be slow.. is "peter" on here (RIBnet) - i am assuming a friend with a RIB?
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Peter Coombs owns this RIB. He's a friend and a regular "lurker" here (aka ribpac).
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I'm already indoctrinating the kids so that in a few years they'll be pestering for a boat!
John
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