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30 July 2006, 23:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
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Err... This IS a scam, right?
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31 July 2006, 00:22
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Oakley
Boat name: Zerstörer
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki DF 140
MMSI: 235050131
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Scam.
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31 July 2006, 02:08
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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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http://www.inventist.com/index.php?o...ask=view&id=10
I don't think it is - though what happens when you stop is beyond me. If you look the foil is pretty long - think of it like pushing an oar down into the water.
There are other designs out there as well.
http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/4038/gallery/
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31 July 2006, 08:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Torbay
Boat name: Loupy Lou
Make: Yamaha 480R
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50HP
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 147
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sure I saw this on TV not long ago
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31 July 2006, 08:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 4,225
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Not a scam - seen lots of video of them working!
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Originally Posted by Zippy
When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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31 July 2006, 09:35
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
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Cool!
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31 July 2006, 09:51
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Boat name: TiLT 2
Make: Avon Adventure 620
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 135
MMSI: 235032203
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Good for getting from the RIB to the beach.
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31 July 2006, 09:55
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
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Make: SR5.4
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Originally Posted by Andy Moore
Good for getting from the RIB to the beach.
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Yeah I can see that. It'd be interesting trying to get from the beach to the rib though unless there was a platform on the beach you could 'launch' yourself from.
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31 July 2006, 10:40
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Country: UK - Scotland
Make: HumberOceanOffshore
Length: 8m +
Engine: Volvo KAD300/DPX
Join Date: Oct 2002
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 I bet you don't do that for more than 5mins at a time!
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31 July 2006, 11:49
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Length: no boat
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Originally Posted by jwalker
I bet you don't do that for more than 5mins at a time!
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Bet you don't do it on anything other than a duck pond I notice they don't show you it going through waves 
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31 July 2006, 12:05
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Just like most things it's not a new idea
http://www.human-powered-hydrofoils.com/history.html
Some good videos as well on this site - the Aquaskipper bloke launches himself off a RIB and even copes with a few waves.
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31 July 2006, 12:07
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cornwall
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by Milan
Bet you don't do it on anything other than a duck pond I notice they don't show you it going through waves
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They do!
http://www.aquaskipperuk.com/
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31 July 2006, 12:19
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Length: no boat
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Originally Posted by Kernow
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Blimey well done Kernow I stand corrected 
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31 July 2006, 12:24
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Country: UK - England
Town: Rutland
Length: no boat
Join Date: May 2006
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so how do you restart from in the water 
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31 July 2006, 12:42
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lee on the Solent
Boat name: Saintlee
Make: Leeway
Length: 6m +
Engine: Evinrude DI 115
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 325
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Looking at the website, you don't! It says you "simply swim back to where you started and begin again!"
Good luck!!!
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01 August 2006, 10:29
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Member
Country: Sweden
Town: Stockholm
Make: KR7
Length: 7m +
Engine: Evinrude 150 H.O
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 735
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...dgen/tramp.htm
Or make a search on google "trampofoil"
And offcause this stupid/fun ideas comes from sweden.
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