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Forum: RIBs & ribbing 08 February 2009, 13:52
Replies: 4
Views: 6,314
Posted By Tomas
Nautica

Here's what I know:

Most of the Nauticas around here are sold as tenders. I would say that they are mass produced and average to good quality. In the photo the boat looks sound but how long ago...
Forum: RIBnet North America 25 May 2008, 14:13
Replies: 16
Views: 8,672
Posted By Tomas
Cannon Mount

Nice clean install! Now you've got me thinking....:thumbs:

Tomas
Forum: RIBnet North America 18 May 2008, 15:37
Replies: 16
Views: 8,672
Posted By Tomas
Davis Planer

Oh...one downside (no pun intended) about the Davis gizmo vs. a ball & wire. I would rather troll at 7kts in order to cover more ground and find out where the game is lurking.

Davis recommends...
Forum: RIBnet North America 18 May 2008, 10:13
Replies: 16
Views: 8,672
Posted By Tomas
Down Rigger Solution

I troll for Wahoo and downrig from a SeaRider.

Davis Instruments www.davisnet.com makes a model 510/11/12 (colors) Trolling Depth Controller. The unit attaches to your line and allows...
Forum: RIBnet North America 14 April 2008, 22:53
Replies: 31
Views: 24,674
Posted By Tomas
Tuber, my tin foil comment was in with tongue in...

Tuber, my tin foil comment was in with tongue in cheek. All the stoves I was ever around were 1/4 steel plate or 3/4 thick cast iron; yours is foil compared to that! The knock down on that one is...
Forum: RIBnet North America 13 April 2008, 04:05
Replies: 31
Views: 24,674
Posted By Tomas
Tin foil stove!

Man, that stove looks like quite the light weight trick. Why do I have this image of a roaring stove beneath aluminum poles with shards of burned smoking canvas hanging from them? At least canvas...
Forum: RIBnet North America 13 April 2008, 03:56
Replies: 31
Views: 24,674
Posted By Tomas
Cheap boats age VERY fast, good boats last. I...

Cheap boats age VERY fast, good boats last. I left a frisbee in my yard and all the pigment was gone in days. Exposed Naugahyde bakes and cracks in six months or less. My Hypalon ala Avon is ten...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 13 April 2008, 03:40
Replies: 27
Views: 16,673
Posted By Tomas
The fat girl in the bow section got very...

The fat girl in the bow section got very wet!:thumbs:
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 12 April 2008, 12:49
Replies: 27
Views: 16,673
Posted By Tomas
Dunno about all of that! Where did 10 knot speed...

Dunno about all of that! Where did 10 knot speed limit begin to be a factor? Fins assist a 4.7 meter SeaRider hull in getting most of the way up on the step at 7-8 knots, and stay there. That...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 10 April 2008, 11:24
Replies: 27
Views: 16,673
Posted By Tomas
In my continued defense of Doel Fins...shows you...

In my continued defense of Doel Fins...shows you how much I have to do....two to four knots off the top end is irrelevant in six to ten foot seas, at least in a boat less than 5 meters OAL. I can't...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 09 April 2008, 11:01
Replies: 27
Views: 16,673
Posted By Tomas
I've had Doel Fins on a 4.7 Avon for years. They...

I've had Doel Fins on a 4.7 Avon for years. They work well and as I've posted before, allow a very convenient platform to use when re-boarding the boat, from the water. We spend a lot of time in...
Forum: RIBnet North America 01 April 2008, 01:57
Replies: 9
Views: 2,104
Posted By Tomas
Leaving Virgin Islands for Canada in my Searider

Packed the fishing gear this afternoon, cooler and twelve cases of beer, crash helmet, rolling papers, rubbers and two dozen scarlet flares and am leaving the Virgin Islands at dawn for the Gulf of...
Forum: RIBnet North America 01 April 2008, 01:48
Replies: 31
Views: 24,674
Posted By Tomas
Ahhhh...rules, rules, rules. You have my...

Ahhhh...rules, rules, rules. You have my sympathy. Once again, the tail wags the dog!



I don't know about that but the fact that they warranty for ten years means they think their tubes will...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 29 March 2008, 00:23
Replies: 16
Views: 3,528
Posted By Tomas
Tubing

I second the caution that electrical conduit does not have sufficient wall thickness for your intended purpose. Conduit is designed to exist in a static world protecting wires. The sea, or any...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 20 March 2008, 10:53
Replies: 10
Views: 2,334
Posted By Tomas
Ahhhh Ha Ha Ha Ha:thumbs:

Ahhhh Ha Ha Ha Ha:thumbs:
Forum: RIBnet North America 19 March 2008, 21:32
Replies: 11
Views: 2,729
Posted By Tomas
Stoo, glad you had a good trip. All of our...

Stoo, glad you had a good trip. All of our shallow coral is cooked but we have the advantage of a cliff all along the North Shore that drops off to over six thousand feet right away. Below about...
Forum: RIBnet North America 19 March 2008, 21:24
Replies: 2
Views: 1,472
Posted By Tomas
Weather North Central Atlantic

Man you guys cooked up a good one East of the Maritime Provinces. We've got to be two thousand miles South of where the storm is now and remains stationary but are expected to have 25 foot seas...
Forum: RIBnet North America 16 March 2008, 13:50
Replies: 31
Views: 24,674
Posted By Tomas
I was not familiar with Novuranias so I did a...

I was not familiar with Novuranias so I did a search

Note this "cut" from their warranty certificate:


"B What is Covered - Novurania warrants to the original purchaser of a properly...
Forum: RIBnet North America 08 March 2008, 00:42
Replies: 7
Views: 7,800
Posted By Tomas
Photo

I looked at the photo and don't recognize what I'm looking at. The other posts relative to the water ballast system are accurate. Some like it, some don't but I can assure you that when laying to...
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 06 March 2008, 22:36
Replies: 8
Views: 1,070
Posted By Tomas
Beer and Banter

I was planning on attending but Richard Branson wouldn't loan me a jet! One of these days however, I'd like to crash your party!!!

Tomas:cheers:
Forum: RIBnet North America 28 February 2008, 09:00
Replies: 12
Views: 2,815
Posted By Tomas
Trip South

Ten days is no time at all. I hope you locate someone colorful to perform your ceremony. My last rites ubhahda correction, last ceremony was conducted by a guy known as the Liquor Vicar as he also...
Forum: RIBnet North America 27 February 2008, 08:29
Replies: 12
Views: 2,815
Posted By Tomas
Absolutely beautiful Photos

especially from a couple a thousand miles South of there! I looked at them for a half hour and didn't even need to put on a jacket. :hi:
Forum: RIBs & ribbing 23 February 2008, 23:31
Replies: 37
Views: 5,678
Posted By Tomas
The forces, even on a steep hill (mine) are very...

The forces, even on a steep hill (mine) are very slight at the moment the boat wants to exit the trailer as no momentum occurs and no inertia must be overcome. Rope chaff is your only enemy but a...
Forum: RIBnet North America 18 February 2008, 09:59
Replies: 27
Views: 4,203
Posted By Tomas
Warning from an Englishman

"The climate of the West Indies is neither favorable to mental energy, nor conducive to moral habits; and more especially, if the monotony of the same pursuits and indulgences be superadded"

Sir...
Forum: RIBnet North America 18 February 2008, 00:21
Replies: 27
Views: 4,203
Posted By Tomas
Work?

What's that, we all just pretend and that's why everything is broken here. If it all worked things would speed up to an unacceptable degree and people would be hurt in the chaos that followed. How...
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