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30 September 2015, 16:56
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Strichen
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Hello from North East Scotland
Hi Folks,
My name is Dave, I'm a 47 year old Photographer who is a keen fisherman and has a SOT Kayak at present but is struggling with the amount of space, comfort and ease of moving around the vessel, not to mention developing arms like Popeye!!!
Plan is to look at getting an Inflatable Dingy & small outboard....I believe they are known as SIB's and can only assume that stands for Small Inflatable Boat?
I am fully kitted out with Palm Sea kayaking clothing, although have only been a loch and river user up to present, I will be taking the SRC course getting myself a submersible VHF radio and hoping to get a SIB around 3M with a 5,6 or 6HP engine.
Any advice, tips hints are most welcome......and if any forum users live my way, please give me a shout.
Dave
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30 September 2015, 17:04
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wild West
Boat name: No Boat
Make: No Boat
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Welcome to Ribnet!
Plenty of Jocks on board a lot with SIBs....so you'll be right at Home
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30 September 2015, 17:27
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Strichen
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Haha, Don't fall in to that trap though Maximus.....I didn't say i was Scottish But thank you for the Welcome mate.
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30 September 2015, 19:28
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F115
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 2,917
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An imposter!
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30 September 2015, 19:50
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Town: dornoch
Length: 4m +
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sunsport
depends where you plan on using the outfit and how you planning transporting it.i have a aerotech 380 air floor and 20 hp but it feels small in the sea north of you. this size of outfit either needs to be on, or folded in a trailer. will fit in car but 50kg engine is a hard lift on your own . personally i would not use anything less than 3.4m and a minimum of 10hp . in boats this small it is speed that gets you home to safety, before the weather changes .happy boating
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30 September 2015, 19:56
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,626
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Originally Posted by Aberdeen Dave
...I believe they are known as SIB's and can only assume that stands for Small Inflatable Boat?
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SOFT Inflatable Boat (as opposed to Rigid Inflatable Boat) - their appears to be some debate on the etymology but I like to claim that it was invented here by the one and only Keith (from even further North than you!) Hart.
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01 October 2015, 06:22
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Aberdeenshire
Boat name: Sula
Make: Ribcraft 4.8m
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu 70hp + aux
MMSI: 235087213
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Welcome to the forum Dave.
There's not a huge North-east sib and rib contingent up here, but the more the merrier.
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01 October 2015, 06:55
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Town: Strichen
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Originally Posted by A1an
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lol....something like that. East London/Essex born and bread, moved to Aberdeenshire 13 years ago for a 6 month contract, fell in love and never went back!!
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01 October 2015, 06:56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spartacus
Welcome to the forum Dave.
There's not a huge North-east sib and rib contingent up here, but the more the merrier.
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Where you from Spart??
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01 October 2015, 07:02
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Originally Posted by sunsport
depends where you plan on using the outfit and how you planning transporting it. I have a aerotech 380 air floor and 20 hp but it feels small in the sea north of you. this size of outfit either needs to be on, or folded in a trailer. will fit in car but 50kg engine is a hard lift on your own . personally i would not use anything less than 3.4m and a minimum of 10hp . in boats this small it is speed that gets you home to safety, before the weather changes .happy boating
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Thanks for the feedback So.....Just probably looking to go out no more than a mile, probably not even that much, just want to get my rods in and have a bit more space to move about that i currently have on the Kayak. Certainly would not be going out in more that a 0.5m waves which does limit me some what living on the North East coast of Scotland as it does chop up on a fairly regular basis.
The advantage i have is that i can kind of book my work round when i want down time as I'm a professional Photographer.
I was looking at around a 3M with a 4, 5, 6hp engine.
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01 October 2015, 07:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,144
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aberdeen Dave
I was looking at around a 3M with a 4, 5, 6hp engine.
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Aye, that's what they all say..it's a slippery slope😄
.....sh1t happens.......
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01 October 2015, 09:20
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: Cambridgeshire
Boat name: Nimrod II
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Yam 15 Tohatsu 9.8
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Welcome Dave. As is traditional I'll ask if you've seen the "which SIB" sticky thread in the inflatable section. Have a good look through and then post some queries in that forum specific to your needs/use.
Sunsport's comments are very valid... as is Pikey Dave's above.
Will you be inflating the SIB for each outing? Have you read the air-floor vs wood/alloy floor debate. New or used? Approx budget? Any existing brand loyalty?
As an example have a look at beerbelly's outfit which he's been using for fishing....
http://www.rib.net/forum/f21/honwave...age-69619.html
Bigger motor than you were thinking but that's no bad thing.
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01 October 2015, 09:59
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Strichen
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Cheers Fender....I will have a good look at the SIB sticky for some pointers. I'm on a budget so cant go to big and to be honest, only want to get out far enough for some Mac's and maybe codling's ect. I will also be using it on lochs and bigger rivers.
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01 October 2015, 13:14
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Montrose
Boat name: Ruby Blue
Make: Honwave & SW4800cc
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 15 & 60efi
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Hi Dave, I'm from Kent (Canterbury) originally, now living near Montrose. Welcome to the fold. I have a Honwave 3.8IE (airfloor) with a 9.8 Parsun 4 stroke, goes well enough for me and is quite nippy one up. I venture out +/- 1.5 miles in the right conditions. I also have a Smartwave XL4800 with a 60efi on the tail for longer trips in more comfort. If you want to see my set up and have a run out so you have an idea what would suit you, send me a PM and we can arrange it.
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01 October 2015, 16:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by warder54
Hi Dave, I'm from Kent (Canterbury) originally, now living near Montrose. Welcome to the fold. I have a Honwave 3.8IE (airfloor) with a 9.8 Parsun 4 stroke, goes well enough for me and is quite nippy one up. I venture out +/- 1.5 miles in the right conditions. I also have a Smartwave XL4800 with a 60efi on the tail for longer trips in more comfort. If you want to see my set up and have a run out so you have an idea what would suit you, send me a PM and we can arrange it.
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I would love to take you up on that offer Warder.....I'm a Photographer so never no what I'm doing from one week to the next but if you are free one weekend or even during the week for a blast that would be fab. we can sort it out on PM if that's ok?
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