Osprey 6.2m build!

gotchiguy · 02 July 2013, 18:57

Just thought you may be interested in a few pictures of a Vipermax 6.2m build I have been helping a friend spec out. It is interesting thanks to the livewell at the back, really shows what a craftsman Mike Whitham is - he can build you anything you ask for in one of these boats!

It is currently at SIT awaiting tubing, hopefully engine week after next

whisper · 02 July 2013, 19:00

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Originally Posted by gotchiguy

Just thought you may be interested in a few pictures of a Vipermax 6.2m build I have been helping a friend spec out. It is interesting thanks to the livewell at the back, really shows what a craftsman Mike Whitham is - he can build you anything you ask for in one of these boats!

It is currently at SIT awaiting tubing, hopefully engine week after next

Looks great... So what's a 'Livewell'?

69cmw · 02 July 2013, 19:02

What's the biggest engine you can fit to that rib?

And what size of fuel tank is in it?

gotchiguy · 02 July 2013, 19:06

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Looks great... So what's a 'Livewell'?

An area full of water into which you put fish to keep them alive..!

It will have a hinged lid with a catch at the other end and a waterproof seal around the outside. It is a little shallower than we had anticipated but thanks to the drainage system it was the only way to do it. There is a little bung to go in the hole you see with a pipe running to the transom so like an elephants trunk or the self bailer on a dinghy you can empty it on the move. Apparently you have to keep changing the water when you have fish in there?

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What's the biggest engine you can fit to that rib?

150

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And what size of fuel tank is in it?

This one has a 160L fuel tank but you can have a 220L if you want.

Details here: Home - Osprey RIBs UK

whisper · 02 July 2013, 19:09

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An area full of water into which you put fish to keep them alive..!

It will have a hinged lid with a catch at the other end and a waterproof seal around the outside. It is a little shallower than we had anticipated but thanks to the drainage system it was the only way to do it. There is a little bung to go in the hole you see with a pipe running to the transom so like an elephants trunk or the self bailer on a dinghy you can empty it on the move. Apparently you have to keep changing the water when you have fish in there?

Thought so, what does he do with the live fish? is it to keep them fresher for eating later?

gotchiguy · 02 July 2013, 19:16

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Thought so, what does he do with the live fish? is it to keep them fresher for eating later?

I have absolutely no idea! Perhaps I should ask...

ncp · 02 July 2013, 19:26

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Thought so, what does he do with the live fish? is it to keep them fresher for eating later?

Usually for keeping live bait....

wiLlfish · 02 July 2013, 19:27

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what does he do with the live fish?

get yer brayn inn geer yew nobbur

hee putts dem onn iz huk

itts a wel for keeping sandeals an uvver likkul batefishis alive

yew cud yewse itt for woshin yor feat az wel

willk · 02 July 2013, 19:40

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get yer brayn inn geer yew nobbur

hee putts dem onn iz huk

itts a wel for keeping sandeals an uvver likkul batefishis alive

yew cud yewse itt for woshin yor feat az wel

wel put m8

ee shud bee cawshous

iffen itt gets 'oled itt wil bee a holey wel

den itt wil bee lowves an fishis time

holey god ted!

Poly · 02 July 2013, 19:57

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yew cud yewse itt for woshin yor feat az wel

Osprey are trying to get one up on the heads found in some Redbay, Shakespeare and Scorpion etc by fitting a bidet!

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Apparently you have to keep changing the water when you have fish in there?

I'm not angler - but do they not usually have a bilge bump arrangement to continually flush fresh water in/out? or is that only the higher end ones?

wiLlfish · 02 July 2013, 19:58

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holey god ted!

Nunns! Nunns!

Revirse revirse

Ian M · 02 July 2013, 20:24

Whatever next, water inside the RIB, and on purpose

Boats&Outboards · 02 July 2013, 20:36

It would be better served as a holding tank for the bait, with a pump sucking sea water in to keep the live bait fresh, usually Sandeel.

If its a holding tank for the Fish, his targets are small

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Downhilldai · 02 July 2013, 20:45

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I'm not angler - but do they not usually have a bilge bump arrangement to continually flush fresh water in/out?

Salt water, mun

wiLlfish · 02 July 2013, 21:09

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Osprey are trying to get one up on the heads found in some Redbay, Shakespeare and Scorpion etc by fitting a bidet!

Lissen upp spokk

Leeve de yewmer too de yewmans

willk · 02 July 2013, 21:13

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Lissen upp spokk

Leeve de yewmer too de yewmans

noe ees rite

dis is de furst tyme osspray ave ad ay howldin tanke forr browne trowt

is itt ay Splashe?

whisper · 02 July 2013, 21:16

Is it one of those fish foot spa things

wiLlfish · 02 July 2013, 21:18

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is itt ay Splashe?

Yus

Hee nikt mi showir trayy forr a plugg

Butt hee aynt de furst

Ribkwest yewsed showir kewbikuls forr a ull mowld

wiLlfish · 02 July 2013, 21:20

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Is it one of those fish foot spa things

Yus

Yew shud biy wan

Iyve herd yor feat arr mingin

AJ. · 02 July 2013, 21:24

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Is it one of those fish foot spa things

Hey Ging, I see the colour goes right down to your feet!