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Old 08 August 2007, 13:01   #1
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possibile project!

im half tempted!!! tornado 4.9?
it has a real shallow vee - much more than my 4m searider - thinking of transferring the engine, steering/controls and a frame over - any thoughts ?
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Old 08 August 2007, 13:25   #2
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Hi.

Looks good, but a couple of questions.

Could you adapt the trailer you had built?

Do you really want another project that needs tube repairs?

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Old 08 August 2007, 15:31   #3
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I saw this sitting in JBT's yard a while back, it does look tempting but not for 1k , are there any Searider hulls left up there?
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Old 08 August 2007, 18:13   #4
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I saw this sitting in JBT's yard a while back, it does look tempting but not for 1k
£1000 for that !!!

£1000 would be much better spent on your searider surely??

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Old 08 August 2007, 20:46   #5
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Must be a misprint. I thought £10 was the going rate for a boat in that condition.

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It's a beater...

they ought to be paying YOU for hauling it away, remember, any "project" always costs more than you initially think it will. That's why it is called a project, you are projecting the time and money it will take for making it right again. I would lowball them big time and then cut that amount in half!
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Old 09 August 2007, 10:14   #7
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Are you sure its a tornado ? the reason I ask is looking at the picture of the hull from the bow, that looks like the bow tubes are screwed on with the rest being a bolt rope design. All the Tornado's I've seen are glue on tubes.
I think there will be a lot of work on this one and at that price I'd walk away.
But thats my view having spent many years on a rolling rebuild of my redbay.
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I believe this is a version done especially for the military/MOD, it looks to me like a 5.1 hull, shallow V with the difference of being a bolt on tube, this is one seriously scraggy boat, ..... is'nt there a fibreglass mill somewhere in Europe? .... this could be turned in to a great road surface.
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Its a military tornado which had Teflon tubes, but the tubes look to have had it. A grand is waaay too much for that boat in its condition.
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Old 09 August 2007, 18:35   #11
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possibly a rib built by lifegaurd for the mod using a tornado hull with mechanically attatched tubes
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