Will this guy make it? 1700 miles in Searider
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Didn't know part 4 was up, cheers 
This is also worth a watch, what a ball ache removing that foam.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Qz73_m0_o
This is also worth a watch, what a ball ache removing that foam.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Qz73_m0_o
Watched all 4 parts this afternoon which was very enjoyable. A great laid back attitude with some nice editing and moments.
I do wonder how he will get on along the Scottish coast, not only the weather but there isn't a marina selling petrol around every bit of headland! He does seem to be getting more serious kit as he's going, so that's good.
I always wondered about doing something crazy like this in my last speedboat, but his rib makes my old 14ft Fletcher look positively spacious and accommodating!
I do wonder how he will get on along the Scottish coast, not only the weather but there isn't a marina selling petrol around every bit of headland! He does seem to be getting more serious kit as he's going, so that's good.
I always wondered about doing something crazy like this in my last speedboat, but his rib makes my old 14ft Fletcher look positively spacious and accommodating!
bazza white said:
Didn't know part 4 was up, cheers
This is also worth a watch, what a ball ache removing that foam.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Qz73_m0_o
That looks like the lighthouse boat on the river Colne. I had no idea it was full of foam like that - a pity local councils don't make something of this for school children to help support.This is also worth a watch, what a ball ache removing that foam.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Qz73_m0_o
Obviously not the digging out of the foam, of course...
dukeboy749r said:
That looks like the lighthouse boat on the river Colne. I had no idea it was full of foam like that - a pity local councils don't make something of this for school children to help support.
Obviously not the digging out of the foam, of course...
I’m not sure if they all got filled with foam but they seem to suggest when they were automated they filled the bow and sterns with foam. Obviously not the digging out of the foam, of course...
dukeboy749r said:
That looks like the lighthouse boat on the river Colne. I had no idea it was full of foam like that - a pity local councils don't make something of this for school children to help support.
Obviously not the digging out of the foam, of course...
Thats not far from me. I was told that its owned or used by the Sea Scouts?Obviously not the digging out of the foam, of course...
There is another one in Harwich which is owned by Trinity House.
Dan_The_Man said:
He's very watchable
Indeed! That's been my afternoon taken care of! 
The revised dashboard was a neat job.
Kingswear Castle is somewhere I've often thought of as an interesting place to stay
Plus a beautiful example of one of my all-time favourite boats at 10:46 in episode 4 ....
Edited by StephenP on Thursday 28th May 17:30
StephenP said:
Indeed! That's been my afternoon taken care of!
The revised dashboard was a neat job.
Kingswear Castle is somewhere I've often thought of as an interesting place to stay
Plus a beautiful example of one of my all-time favourite boats at 10:46 in episode 4 ....
Fairey huntsman or swordsman? The revised dashboard was a neat job.
Kingswear Castle is somewhere I've often thought of as an interesting place to stay
Plus a beautiful example of one of my all-time favourite boats at 10:46 in episode 4 ....
Edited by StephenP on Thursday 28th May 17:30
ecsrobin said:
StephenP said:
Indeed! That's been my afternoon taken care of!
The revised dashboard was a neat job.
Kingswear Castle is somewhere I've often thought of as an interesting place to stay
Plus a beautiful example of one of my all-time favourite boats at 10:46 in episode 4 ....
Fairey huntsman or swordsman? The revised dashboard was a neat job.
Kingswear Castle is somewhere I've often thought of as an interesting place to stay
Plus a beautiful example of one of my all-time favourite boats at 10:46 in episode 4 ....
Edited by StephenP on Thursday 28th May 17:30
Wait until he reaches the N / NE Coast of Scotland, I used to work 12 & 20m Dive Ribs, out of Peterhead.
You think the above sounds like a big RIB?
It feels f
king tiny leaving PD with a stiff North Easterly.
I've actually cut both engines out with oil pressure alarms due to the oil pickup pipes drawing air due to the boat being in mid air. (admittedly, I might have been a bit heavy on the throttles
)
I think he is doing a great thing, he's a very likable guy and I hope he succeeds but if he buggers up his forecast he is going to st his pants.
You think the above sounds like a big RIB?
It feels f
king tiny leaving PD with a stiff North Easterly.I've actually cut both engines out with oil pressure alarms due to the oil pickup pipes drawing air due to the boat being in mid air. (admittedly, I might have been a bit heavy on the throttles
)I think he is doing a great thing, he's a very likable guy and I hope he succeeds but if he buggers up his forecast he is going to s
t his pants.Ritchie335is said:
Wait until he reaches the N / NE Coast of Scotland, I used to work 12 & 20m Dive Ribs, out of Peterhead.
You think the above sounds like a big RIB?
It feels fking tiny leaving PD with a stiff North Easterly.
I've actually cut both engines out with oil pressure alarms due to the oil pickup pipes drawing air due to the boat being in mid air. (admittedly, I might have been a bit heavy on the throttles)
I think he is doing a great thing, he's a very likable guy and I hope he succeeds but if he buggers up his forecast he is going to st his pants.
This is good. A RIB magazine (I'm guessing about 20 years ago) organised a round Britain tour. As they went around Cape Wrath - the NW "corner" - the way the cliffs plunged into the sea made it all seem quite terrifying to a Midlander like me. That's at 33mins.You think the above sounds like a big RIB?
It feels f
king tiny leaving PD with a stiff North Easterly.I've actually cut both engines out with oil pressure alarms due to the oil pickup pipes drawing air due to the boat being in mid air. (admittedly, I might have been a bit heavy on the throttles
)I think he is doing a great thing, he's a very likable guy and I hope he succeeds but if he buggers up his forecast he is going to s
t his pants.https://youtu.be/f6N4AKJJAcE
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