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20-08-2006, 10:59 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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Blade Run
Just got back from the Blade Run Like to say Thank You to the ocean dragon and durex boats who came to our assistance when we had some problems. Must recommend the club lounge on the PO ferry that we came back on.
Got a couple of photos.
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20-08-2006, 11:02 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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Boulogne
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20-08-2006, 11:03 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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and more
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22-08-2006, 07:08 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Reading
Occupation: President
Interests: Racing
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Reading
Posts: 400
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Engins look good on your boat shame about the body
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22-08-2006, 07:25 AM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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bit like the driver
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22-08-2006, 07:31 AM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Reading
Occupation: President
Interests: Racing
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Reading
Posts: 400
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the boat looks good it was the drivers body I ment
see you in cowes
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22-08-2006, 10:34 PM
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
Posts: 2,303
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Re: Blade Run
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Originally posted by the bandit
Just got back from the Blade Run Like to say Thank You to the ocean dragon and durex boats who came to our assistance when we had some problems. Must recommend the club lounge on the PO ferry that we came back on.
Got a couple of photos.
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What problems did you have?
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23-08-2006, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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Only a small problem with the transom starting to crack.
Got a copy of the original brochure from Revengers saying the max HP for outboards was 2 x 225. Managed 180 miles before it cracked. Didn't want the French to get the salvage on those beauties.
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23-08-2006, 11:48 AM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
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Location: On the farm
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How did you bring the boat back home? If you were on the ferry, where was your boat?
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23-08-2006, 12:43 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Alderholt
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just a thought whats the weight difference between an older 225 circa build date and the ones you have is there much difference between the models?
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23-08-2006, 12:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
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And what length shafts is the transom designed for.
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23-08-2006, 12:59 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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We had the problem at 14.00 on Fri. got into Le Treport at 17:00 due to the lock, A couple of mates drove out with the trailer leaving at 19:30 and got into Le Treport at 02:00. ( Two pissed of wifes ) Loaded the boat on the trailer 08:00 and got back to Watford by 15:00
Then i drove the boat down to Poole Quay and arrived 18:15 just as the last boats got in. So technically we finished the blade run even though the boat went by road.
News from Chris is the transom is getting beefed up and we will be at Cowes Sat / Sun
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23-08-2006, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member
Country: England
Location: Watford
Occupation: Private Hire Company
Interests: Boats Cars women and wine
Boat name: The Bandit & The Bandit1
Boat make: Revenger San Marino & Hunton Rib
Engines: For sale Twin 225 Opti's
Cruising area: The Solent
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Watford
Posts: 298
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Not sure about the weight difference's I guess the optis weigh more as the cowlings are bigger. These engines have the 30in legs aswell so there is more strain on the transom. However you can't get 25 in legs counter rotating
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23-08-2006, 02:10 PM
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Moderator
Country: England
Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cornwall.
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Quote:
Originally posted by the bandit
We had the problem at 14.00 on Fri. got into Le Treport at 17:00 due to the lock, A couple of mates drove out with the trailer leaving at 19:30 and got into Le Treport at 02:00. ( Two pissed of wifes ) Loaded the boat on the trailer 08:00 and got back to Watford by 15:00
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You did well there. Two pissed off wife's goes with the game and I speak from experience. Its their mission in life to get upset when their husbands/boyfriends are having a good time playing boats. That will upset a few of the ladies on this site I guess but who agrees with me?.
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23-08-2006, 02:51 PM
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Registered User
Country: Scotland
Location: Kirkcudbright
Interests: Boats n Lambrettas
Boat make: Boatless
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Kirkcudbright
Posts: 978
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Been there, done it and got the Decree Absolute to prove it 
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23-08-2006, 03:11 PM
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Traveling
Country: UK
Location: Alderholt
Occupation: Aerospace
Boat name: T/T D2S
Boat make: Midas 27' Cat, Argo 16 Cat. Avon Rib Thingy
Engines: Merc 280-ROS -JSRE,65Xs, 75 Stinger, Yam 60
Cruising area: Any Seedy Bar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Alderholt
Posts: 4,225
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AGREE
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23-08-2006, 04:25 PM
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Large member
Country: England
Location: On the farm
Occupation: General Trouble Causer Salterns Boatyard
Interests: Official smartass
Boat name: Seahorse.org
Boat make: a V24 and a SLOW unstable ICE Bladerunner
Engines: 2x300 promax, 320 Volvo
Cruising area: England/France & Med
Join Date: May 2005
Location: On the farm
Posts: 2,681
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Quote:
Originally posted by OldMan
Its their mission in life to get upset when their husbands/boyfriends are having a good time playing boats. That will upset a few of the ladies on this site I guess but who agrees with me?.
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I am the luckiest bastid in the world. 
If Ana gets bored with the boating, she goes off and does something else. No complaints, stress, nagging, whining or other such. And when I am finished with the boat playtime, there are no residual feelings that need taking care of!
Besides, most of the time she is in the boat anyway 
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23-08-2006, 05:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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I have to be honest, Vicki's pretty tolerant of my "habits".
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23-08-2006, 06:08 PM
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The Doc
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,291
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so she knows about the boyfriends?
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23-08-2006, 07:21 PM
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Registered User
Country: New Zealand
Location: Auckland
Occupation: Construction Manager
Interests: Offshore Powerboat Racing
Boat name: NZ Privateer
Boat make: 29ft Catamaran
Engines: 2 x Mercury 300X
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Auckland
Posts: 214
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had to buy another boat so her and another of the guys girlfriends can go racing as well, costs a bit more but well worth it as a big reduction in the grief stakes
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