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14-06-2007, 11:53 PM
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Registered User
Location: redhill
Occupation: data manager
Boat name: salamis
Boat make: cheetah (not that cat thing), Invicta Jupiter 5.0
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Blue Ice
Anyone know this boat?
Parked up in field next to Littlehanpton Marina.
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15-06-2007, 12:01 AM
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blind dog
Country: uk
Location: fast land
Occupation: going fast
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Boat name: drivers dry berthing
Boat make: buzzi
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Location: fast land
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bonito
i dont know this one but its a bonito 27 i think the hull mould was a fletcher arowbolt built by the witmarshes,not great
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15-06-2007, 03:15 AM
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Country: UK
Location: South Coast
Interests: Boats/Cranes
Boat make: Revenger 29 RIB
Engines: Illmor V10/625hp.
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Location: South Coast
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Looks like a splash of a Revenger 25 Sportscruiser to me !!
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15-06-2007, 01:01 PM
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Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
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Location: poole
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There was one of these Bonito 27 racing around mid 80's never really achieved much ran with either 2x150 or 2x200hp...when I did some boat building with Dave... geriatric on boatmad the guy who did the building for us had loads of moulds from loads of boats collected from customers over many years and there was an old bonito one there, I think it was the one used for a very early rib however I do remember them saying it was not quite straight and the spray rails were also just not quite...this may of been because it was originally a Revenger splash or even a splash of a Bonito...I think Dave actually did buy the one left up in Ferndown in the early 90's so he may tell you more
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15-06-2007, 01:25 PM
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Location: poole
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Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
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Location: poole
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it's strange looked many times at the Bonito 27 in the 80's and until Gordon you pointed out the simular lines to Revenger I had not really noticed...strange especially as one of my favorite boats of the mid 80's was the revenger sports cruiser
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15-06-2007, 02:51 PM
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Occupation: Champion Pie Eater
Boat name: On The Rocks
Boat make: Ring 21 marshan 17 four winns horizon, hydro 3 pointer, f2 cat, backdraft 22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blind dog
i dont know this one but its a bonito 27 i think the hull mould was a fletcher arowbolt built by the witmarshes,not great
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The back end is like the bonito but looking from the front, the lower hull is very revenger like?
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15-06-2007, 03:28 PM
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blind dog
Country: uk
Location: fast land
Occupation: going fast
Interests: fast
Boat name: drivers dry berthing
Boat make: buzzi
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bonito
looking at it i have to agree,they did tell me otherwise but knowing them a splash wouldnt be out of the question
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15-06-2007, 03:50 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: South Coast
Interests: Boats/Cranes
Boat make: Revenger 29 RIB
Engines: Illmor V10/625hp.
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If you look at the pic of the transom its even got the Revenger reverse chine.I reckon the sportscruiser has been splashed even more than phantoms have !!
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15-06-2007, 04:26 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
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Location: poole
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How old Gordon is the original Revenger hull as in the sports cruiser of the mid 80's...guess I never thought about the Bonito as a splash as they appeared at the same time in racing...or at least I noticed them at the same time...secondly was it not the whitmarsh family who made both this and that 36ft they used to market against the old 34 Sunseeker...surely if they did splash this as in those days Bonito was trying to be a bonified company it would have caused an outcry and made there marketing look stupid?
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15-06-2007, 04:37 PM
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blind dog
Country: uk
Location: fast land
Occupation: going fast
Interests: fast
Boat name: drivers dry berthing
Boat make: buzzi
Cruising area: anywhere fast
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: fast land
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bonito
thinking back i remember when they were making the 27 and 36,the 27 mould was there and they said it was a fletcher and they changed it ,i think the mould that made mac 1 and el barb
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15-06-2007, 04:45 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: South Coast
Interests: Boats/Cranes
Boat make: Revenger 29 RIB
Engines: Illmor V10/625hp.
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Revenger started building boats in 1980.The only reason i agreed to buy the first rib was because when you and i were out watching the sportscruiser race, it handled rough water so well.
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15-06-2007, 06:13 PM
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Registered User
Country: uk
Location: poole
Occupation: retail
Interests: sport and being lazy
Boat make: ring rib
Engines: merc xr2
Cruising area: bournemouth bay
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Location: poole
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ye they were great days Gordon for watching offshore, you did say after watching the Revengers race and they often won there class in those days you would like to buy one and I must admit that first ever rib really did fly after you and I believe Neil H did a bit of development work on the set up on the 200hp engine...are you still onward going with your USA buisness plan?
Perhaps I should Pm you this is turing into a chat so as not to bore other forum members
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