Sr4 or adventure

beamishken · 12 March 2020, 15:32

Wondering if anyone can help. Is the 4.0m avon adventure based on the sr4 hull or is it a totally different boat?

Ribtecer · 12 March 2020, 20:02

April the 1st is still some time off isn't It?

beamishken · 12 March 2020, 20:26

Don't know whats so funny but to explain im looking at a boat for sale which is described as an adventure and has blue adventure style tubes but it looks like an sr4 with the flooding hull and bow vents
Trying to work out if its wrongly described or they did an adventure based on the sr4 hull

HDAV · 12 March 2020, 20:36

Pretty sure the adventure range were never a flooding hull seen SRs with blue tubes tho

beamishken · 12 March 2020, 20:40

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Originally Posted by HDAV

Pretty sure the adventure range were never a flooding hull seen SRs with blue tubes tho

The guy doesnt seem to know much about the boat to be honest Im just wondering if its actually an sr4 (which I'd prefer). I thought I'd read somewhere that the blue tubes weren't as durable as the grey. The guy doesnt know how old it is either wonder when they started using blue material

HDAV · 12 March 2020, 20:47

Suggest You go see it and make your mind up.....

beamishken · 12 March 2020, 20:53

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Originally Posted by HDAV

Suggest You go see it and make your mind up.....

Its 100 miles away, trying to do my homework before I waste half a day and 50 quid in diesel

nocando · 12 March 2020, 21:06

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8928495868836/

May help with pics

Sandman · 12 March 2020, 21:06

Avon did sell a 4m adventure with a SR4 hull.

beamishken · 12 March 2020, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Sandman

Avon did sell a 4m adventure with a SR4 hull.

Are they the same build as the original sr4 or are they inferior in some way? Can't understand why they would do 2 boats side by side in the range with the same hull & presumably same tubes? And call them different names

HDAV · 12 March 2020, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Sandman

Avon did sell a 4m adventure with a SR4 hull.

Interesting, not seen one with a flooding hull before, possibly a way of shifting older designed hulls to leisure users by fitting blue tubes? The adventure hulls were actually outsourced ?

Wonder if the tubes are hypalon?

beerbelly · 13 March 2020, 07:24

looks worth a looking at at a grand ( and bid him ) id take a car trailer to bring it home though

beamishken · 13 March 2020, 07:42

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Originally Posted by beerbelly

looks worth a looking at at a grand ( and bid him ) id take a car trailer to bring it home though

Yeh that was exactly my thoughts but he had someone send him a deposit without seeing it last night. So I guess unless its a shed then its sold. Nevermind I don't realy need another boat but it did look a bargain if it was an sr4

GuyC · 13 March 2020, 09:55

Some of the stuff in the background of the ad pictures looks worth a trip on its own.

beamishken · 13 March 2020, 10:31

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Originally Posted by GuyC

Some of the stuff in the background of the ad pictures looks worth a trip on its own.

Yeh the tracked vehicle on the left of one of the pictures looked cool I recon it would have been worth the trip for a nose around[emoji3][emoji3][emoji106]

Tim M · 14 March 2020, 08:00

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Originally Posted by beamishken

Are they the same build as the original sr4 or are they inferior in some way? Can't understand why they would do 2 boats side by side in the range with the same hull & presumably same tubes? And call them different names

Yet they did. The 4m Adventurer is indeed an SR4 but just with blue tubes. And yes, the tubes are hypalon. Plenty of these boats knocking around. I guess they did it to make them more marketable to leisure customers.

phantom 19 · 14 March 2020, 15:00

The build quality on those blue tubes is nothing like the grey ones though. I’ve seen blue ones down to the canvas on tops of tubes, others with the rendering completely detached - that one was under ten years old. The old grey ones go on for ever.

craig_c · 22 March 2020, 20:09

My mate has tried to call the guy with that boat 3 times Ken.

He is less than useless in responding...

Typical for FBMP.

He also tried to buy the SR4 with no trailer in Tighnabruich. We asked to see it the next day and he said no he has "promised it to somebody the day after"

Still for sale, I was looking forward to towing it home at 20 knots.

beamishken · 23 March 2020, 00:32

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Originally Posted by craig_c

My mate has tried to call the guy with that boat 3 times Ken.

He is less than useless in responding...

Typical for FBMP.

He also tried to buy the SR4 with no trailer in Tighnabruich. We asked to see it the next day and he said no he has "promised it to somebody the day after"

Still for sale, I was looking forward to towing it home at 20 knots.

The guy contacted me out of the blue on thursday as his buyer didn't turn up, the boat is now sitting in my yard.
Turned out to be a nice guy (although couldnt get a penny off the price)
He had a yard full of tracked offroaders & argo cats does work for electric companies
Boat is in prety good nick once the antifoul gets cleaned off

Sandman · 25 March 2020, 14:06

Good result. The Searider really suits that colour combination. Make sure to post up some good photos once you have cleaned it up.