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21 January 2003, 21:55
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leatherhead
Length: no boat
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Trailer Manouvering
Have just found this great sim - not as easy as you think it is  
http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~tkos/
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Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.
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21 January 2003, 22:57
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Boat name: Spud
Make: BWM
Length: 5.75
Engine: Mariner 125
Join Date: Jan 2003
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grr!!!
why oh why, i even had my dad (tank driver, full artic license etc) giving me instructions and sort of got it
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21 January 2003, 23:09
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Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth
Boat name: Sting
Make: Tornado 6.8
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yam 200 HPDI
Join Date: Oct 2002
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No Way!!! I can tow honest ........ apparently not!
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21 January 2003, 23:22
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Country: UK - England
Town: Margate / Ramsgate
Boat name: Bumbl
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yanmar diesel
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,837
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Superb fun, from this i conclude either:
a) I can't reverse a trailer
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b) This is quite unrealistic
Dan
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22 January 2003, 00:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 3,804
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all I can say is....
...... it's a good job I don't have to drive my car using a mouse!
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22 January 2003, 08:55
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
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Sadly, I reckon it is quite realistic. The reactions are anyway, even if the viewpoint is slightly unorthodox!
It (only!) took me about ten goes to park my caravan. As with a real trailer, the key is to taking it very slowly, and stopping to think if it starts to go wrong . . .
The next stage, once we've all wasted a day or two practising, will be to race each other against the clock. Anyone bringing a laptop to Plymouth?
Must speak to the T-shirt people about some RIBnet anoraks . . .
John
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22 January 2003, 09:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Oxford
Make: Ribtec, Ballistic, C
Engine: 40hp 4 strokes - twi
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I can’t do it.  Mind you in reality when I hit things reversing. The car stops rather than just going over it.
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22 January 2003, 12:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leatherhead
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Come on KH....
are you really sure that you want to put your SIB on a trailer?
I think that I'm going to have to go on one of those trailer handling courses. 
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22 January 2003, 13:33
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Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Yes
Make: Assorted
Length: <
Engine: 8m
Join Date: Dec 2002
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The only trailer I've ever had a problem reversing is one where the towing vehicle was steered with the rear wheels, and the (four wheel) trailer had front steering - so to have to struggle with a b----y computer image ! As John said, I think it's accurate - unfortunately.
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22 January 2003, 15:02
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Hilton-of-Cadboll
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There must be something wrong with me (now he tells us), I can do the reversing on the computer but not in real life! 
Keith (still in the back of the car) Hart
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22 January 2003, 19:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: Worcester
Boat name: Cheap 'N' Cheerful
Make: Avon C
Length: 3.5 metres
Engine: Mariner 8HP O/B 2 stroke.
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Those of us with a class 1 HGV licence know all about trailer reversing. Oh and the Army trains you with landrover and trailers so it was good for some things!! My 6 years service wasn't wasted!!
Bill. 
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22 January 2003, 20:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leatherhead
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Those of us with a class 1 HGV licence know all about trailer reversing. Oh and the Army trains you with landrover and trailers so it was good for some things!! My 6 years service wasn't wasted!!
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But how did you get on with the simulator Bill?
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22 January 2003, 20:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Worcester
Boat name: Cheap 'N' Cheerful
Make: Avon C
Length: 3.5 metres
Engine: Mariner 8HP O/B 2 stroke.
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Simulators I'm used to the REAL THING I don't need simulators, Ask Keith!!
TLS.
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22 January 2003, 20:15
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Aberystwyth
Boat name: Undecided
Make: Undecided
Length: Undecided
Engine: Undecided
Join Date: Apr 2002
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So I take it you didn't too well then.
Matt
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22 January 2003, 20:20
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Worcester
Boat name: Cheap 'N' Cheerful
Make: Avon C
Length: 3.5 metres
Engine: Mariner 8HP O/B 2 stroke.
Join Date: Apr 2002
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No, I didn't try.
TLS.
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22 January 2003, 20:40
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Member
Country: Greece
Town: Gloucetsreshire
Boat name: GATO DI MARE
Make: MAR.CO
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yamaha 200Vmax
MMSI: 235027678
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 3,339
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This sim
..........is more Annoying than some people I know LOLOL 
...and before any one asks didn't have the patients to finish it!!
GREAT THOUGH
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22 January 2003, 21:01
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Country: UK - England
Town: Leatherhead
Length: no boat
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience.
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