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13-07-2008, 06:52 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Surrey
Occupation: comms engineer
Cruising area: hayling / portsmouth
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Surrey
Posts: 12
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Is this for real??
Just received this by e-mail, is it for real or just a mock up, anyone heard of it?
2,000 HP Outboard Inflatable ...
Here's the latest drug runner toy from Europe...
This thing belts across the English channel 3 times
per week and was just a blur on the radar of the
British Coast Guard.
They were so astonished by the speed of the
unknown craft, they brought in a special high
speed helicopter to chase it. Drugs were found
on board. Of course, you'd have to be on
drugs to put the throttle down on this rig!
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13-07-2008, 07:56 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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OLD - not new. And it was real.
The multiple engines are not for speed they are for reliability as the coast guard have a habit of shooting the engines to force a boat to stop.
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18-07-2008, 07:23 PM
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Registered User
Country: isle of wight
Boat make: 18.5 searay cb 4.3ltr, abcast 17, yam 130
Cruising area: solent/ priory bay
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 80
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you would have to sell a lot of drugs just to pay for the petrol!!!
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18-07-2008, 07:33 PM
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Registered User
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
Cruising area: Way up norf and Sarf coast areas
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,619
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This was doing the rounds about a year or so ago.
Did Mr Crompton not have a bit of hassle for building these?
Dont look suspicious or nofing sitting in the harbour does it!!
gaZ
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09-08-2008, 02:37 PM
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Registered User
Country: United Kindom
Location: Cardiff
Interests: OCR and Ski Racing
Boat name: Spice
Boat make: 18ft Winner Spirit
Engines: Merc 225
Cruising area: Plymouth or Weston Super Mare
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Cardiff
Posts: 8
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i thought this was an american boat, i saw it a while ago and i got the impression it was used in the states, is it a brittish boat?
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09-08-2008, 03:18 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 J_A_C_K_Y_D
i thought this was an american boat, i saw it a while ago and i got the impression it was used in the states, is it a brittish boat?
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I think:
The photo was from Spain.
The boats were built in England.
Driven by 'unsavory persons'
There was a court case? or a prosecution of some type, but it failed, and the people got off.
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09-08-2008, 04:41 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
Engines: I/B VP
Cruising area: littlehampton
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: redhill
Posts: 283
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I know, I know all those engines just to smuggle one white Landrover.
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09-08-2008, 04:53 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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It was the feature boat in the Hydrive Book when I was looking at Hydraulic steering a couple of years ago
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09-08-2008, 06:38 PM
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Registered User
Country: england
Location: dartmouth
Occupation: rib tube designer/builder
Interests: motor bikes
Boat make: 5.4 avon searider
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: dartmouth
Posts: 62
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boat was built by cromptons in uk and confiscated before it had left the uk ,never finished being seatrialled in uk waters ,top speed was 45 knots ,still in a warehouse in hull i believe .of course this may be wrong but not according to the guy who fitted the engines and started to do the sea trials
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09-08-2008, 07:58 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 paul tilley
boat was built by cromptons in uk and confiscated before it had left the uk ,never finished being seatrialled in uk waters ,top speed was 45 knots ,still in a warehouse in hull i believe .of course this may be wrong but not according to the guy who fitted the engines and started to do the sea trials
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I feel that you probably know more about it than I do.
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10-08-2008, 09:15 AM
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Registered User
Country: england
Location: dartmouth
Occupation: rib tube designer/builder
Interests: motor bikes
Boat make: 5.4 avon searider
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: dartmouth
Posts: 62
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i didnt have anything at all to do with the build of the boat but one of my employees did fit the tubes whilst working for another tube builder and i met the engineer who fitted the engines on thursday of this week as he is hoping to start building smaller ribs for the UK market
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10-08-2008, 10:08 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 6,891
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul tilley
i didnt have anything at all to do with the build of the boat
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........officer.
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10-08-2008, 10:40 AM
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#13
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Registered User
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
Cruising area: Way up norf and Sarf coast areas
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,619
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It was im officer, honest.
Nofing to do wi me.
gaZ
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16-08-2008, 11:59 AM
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Registered User
Country: england
Location: dartmouth
Occupation: rib tube designer/builder
Interests: motor bikes
Boat make: 5.4 avon searider
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: dartmouth
Posts: 62
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update on the crompton saga rumour has it that all charges in spain have been dropped and the main cause for the original arrest was a splash not a crompton
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