Boatmad.com


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 04-08-2004, 01:17 AM   #41
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Yeah, we had plenty, all our fault
__________________

__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:18 AM   #42
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Wiring behind the dash! (JW??? )
__________________

__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:18 AM   #43
Registered User
 
Location: The Pit

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Pit
Posts: 1,324
1)fire

2) Sometimes stuff happens tho...or I mean 'stuffs happen'...

Missus
__________________
xxx
jackeen's Missus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:22 AM   #44
The Doc
 
Captain Chaos's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,291
wires

that could cause a heft inferno like that then???

I'll assume it must have got near to fuel very quick
Captain Chaos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:26 AM   #45
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
In a race boat, a stuff is caused by driver error, in a 15knt rib clearly it's less in your control, but the integrity of the structure in which you put your trust, is down to the designer/builder, the cockpits/canopies on race boats can withstand 100+mph stuffs, so the designer/builder has ensured the kit can take what the sea/speed can throw at it, if the rumour/theories that Spirits wheelhouse fell off are true, then it wasn't fit for the purpose, at least not in the event of a major (albeit slow) stuff, and it did have a massive frontal area! (the wheelhouse)
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:27 AM   #46
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Re: wires

Quote:
Originally posted by Captain Chaos
I'll assume it must have got near to fuel very quick
Polyester resin (the boat) is pretty flamable!
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:30 AM   #47
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Anyway, I'm going to bed now, gotta stay up late tommorow night and take compromising pics of Rogue wave!
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:30 AM   #48
Registered User
 
Location: The Pit

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Pit
Posts: 1,324
The suff info is helpful & very relevant to something I was thinking about.

But it would be wrong of me to speculate about what happened to Spirit particularly as the details are still coming out....

Just bothered by the idea I guess...

K
__________________
xxx
jackeen's Missus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:34 AM   #49
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
A real high speed stuff is one of the most frightening things you could ever experience
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:37 AM   #50
Registered User
 
Location: The Pit

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Pit
Posts: 1,324
That's tonight's nightmares taken care of again then!!!

Nite all

K
__________________
xxx
jackeen's Missus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:39 AM   #51
The Doc
 
Captain Chaos's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,291
stuff it

Quote:
Originally posted by Johnson
A real high speed stuff is one of the most frightening things you could ever experience
I'm sure i get closer every week!! I've become a useless feckin driver!!

mind you...what 40-50mph? probably isnee hi-speed to race folk!

guess its nite then?

till later
Captain Chaos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:43 AM   #52
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Remember THIS
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:47 AM   #53
Registered User
 
Ice Kiddie's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: At home
Occupation: IT stuff
Interests: danger boat
Boat name: Blue Ice
Boat make: Scorpion RIB 7.5m
Engines: Just the one :-(
Cruising area: In the sea

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: At home
Posts: 469
Quote:
Originally posted by Johnson
Kinnell! and this from a ribber! are you (like Mark Wildey) considering a hardboat by any chance Richard? sounds like you've seen the light
I don't really see this as a hardboat v RIB thing, but sometimes I can't help feeling that RIBsters get a bit gung ho about the bravado element, usually lead by the blinkered (IMHO) Priddy fans. I've got great respect for what Alan has achieved, but recently began to think that he's "lost it". I think that he put Kathleen and Fiona in danger during their round Ireland trip, and the only mild critic (Kipper) had his/her 3 short line answered by 12 packed lines of vitriol from Alan Priddy. Wow, there's one guy who can't take criticism.

That's enough for now. I sympathise with Alan's current plight but he's a big boy and can take the knocks.

BTW I used to go out to sea in hard boats (and things with rags and sticks!) before I ever set foot in a RIB - but only displacement/semi-displacement ones! As for seeing lights... thats going to be either Cowes Fireworks or the sparks flying from the RIBsters!
Ice Kiddie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:48 AM   #54
The Doc
 
Captain Chaos's Avatar
 

Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 8,291
Oh yes,

it gets regularly played to my mates........honestly scares the shite out of me!!!

I'm quite sure that when I get the boat done....i'll recieve some instruction on how to trim a boat "proper"....If not TD's threatening to let me "take him for a spin"......foolish man!

really going to bed NOW...check your PM box some time soon Jonny
Captain Chaos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:54 AM   #55
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Richard, that's certainly brave talk from some who mixes with the ribnet crowd, I admire your honesty (not just because you're questioning priddy) I too felt Kipper got a rough deal from the superstar!

on the whole, I aggree with your comments.

PS, the hardboat comment was just a joke
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 01:57 AM   #56
Registered User
 
Ice Kiddie's Avatar
 
Country: UK
Location: At home
Occupation: IT stuff
Interests: danger boat
Boat name: Blue Ice
Boat make: Scorpion RIB 7.5m
Engines: Just the one :-(
Cruising area: In the sea

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: At home
Posts: 469
Quote:
Originally posted by Johnson
the hardboat comment was just a joke
Yeah, I know, but I had to take you to task! (old habits die hard )

There's a lot more to be said, but now's not the time to "stick the boot in".
Ice Kiddie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 07:46 AM   #57
numbskull
 
Jon Fuller's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
Posts: 15,959
Quote:
Originally posted by Ice Kiddie
There's a lot more to be said, but now's not the time to "stick the boot in".
Now is ALWAYS the time to stick the boot in!
__________________
.

"I Agree with everything you say really!" - John Cooke to Jon Fuller - 26-01-2013
Jon Fuller is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 12:47 PM   #58
Registered User
 
glen76's Avatar
 
Country: england
Location: southampton
Occupation: engineer
Interests: lots
Boat make: scorpion 8.1
Engines: 250HO
Cruising area: solent

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: southampton
Posts: 1,353
spirits quite a travelled boat and has probably seen more seas than 98% of boatmad boats will ever see... i dont think we can fault her ability to handle the rough or turn it into a hard boat rubber boat thing... I think the more likely scenario is that shes tired and really due for retirement, everything has a life span and the harder the life the shorter it will be..... I also respect priddy for what he has done in the past cause feck knows i wouldnt have the balls, but it doesnt mean i understand, support, like or dislike either way (have to admit his articles in mags are getting stranger). Glad they are well

Mr neutral(today only)

glen
glen76 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 02:01 PM   #59
jw.
Registered User
 
jw.'s Avatar
 
Location: Scotland
Interests: Hole maker
Boat make: Humber Ocean Offshore
Engines: KAD 300/DPX

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Scotland
Posts: 958
Quote:
Originally posted by Johnson
...the cockpits/canopies on race boats can withstand 100+mph stuffs, so the designer/builder has ensured the kit can take what the sea/speed can throw at it, if the rumour/theories that Spirits wheelhouse fell off are true, then it wasn't fit for the purpose, at least not in the event of a major (albeit slow) stuff, ...
It'll be interesting to hear the comments about the actual moment. I don't believe for one second that the wheelhouse fell off.

One thing occured, especially after the heli crew comment that the boat had hit something. If you visit the outer islands, the beaches are littered with debris, much of it from Canada, amongst this there are often very large tree trunks which have been cut, topped and cleaned as in tree felling operations. Probably escapees from the Ottawa river. They're usually about 6-10mtr long and pretty waterlogged. I bet they weigh the best part of 5-6tons. Meeting one of these contained in a wave would certainly part your hair.
__________________
JW.
jw. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2004, 02:33 PM   #60
Chief C*nt!
 
Johnny Rocket's Avatar
 
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Brighton
Occupation: Sparkler prefect
Interests: Boats
Boat make: Other people's mostly

Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Brighton
Posts: 872
Quote:
Originally posted by Ice Kiddie
I don't really see this as a hardboat v RIB thing, but sometimes I can't help feeling that RIBsters get a bit gung ho about the bravado element, usually lead by the blinkered (IMHO) Priddy fans. I've got great respect for what Alan has achieved, but recently began to think that he's "lost it". I think that he put Kathleen and Fiona in danger during their round Ireland trip, and the only mild critic (Kipper) had his/her 3 short line answered by 12 packed lines of vitriol from Alan Priddy. Wow, there's one guy who can't take criticism.
A very interesting point of view Richard.

Will you be taking this discussion to RIBnet, or are you just going to lurk about here?
__________________

__________________
What could possibly go wrong?
Johnny Rocket is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:32 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×