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Old 04-10-2007, 03:46 PM   #1
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Welcome Mike Ring

Hello Mike, pleased to see you posting on here, do you remember making this one for me with the Yellow seats & gold anodised rub rail. We had some fun in F3 ski racing with that light weight little beauty with the "rather special Neil Holmes injected XR" on the back.
Gone over to the "Dark side " now with a cyclone, beatifull boat but nothing ever, ever compared to hanging that little Red beauty out on its gear casing.
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Old 04-10-2007, 09:54 PM   #2
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[QUOTE=Bazza;116826]Hello Mike, pleased to see you posting on here, do you remember making this one for me with the Yellow seats & gold anodised rub rail. We had some fun in F3 ski racing with that light weight little beauty with the "rather special Neil Holmes injected XR" on the back.


Ah' yes I remember it well ........Probl'y would not be so good with all the new motors that have since appeared on the scene. Boats would need a whole new re-think to suit the motors now available and to stay one jump ahead.

The recession of the early Nineties and the slowing down of the sports /performance boat market with the mass exodus to the r.. scene set us manufacturers in the UK back considerably in terms of producing new designs and getting them developed for specific markets such as ski racing and production powerboat racing.
Happy Days ....But its looking brighter for sports/performance boats as the cycle completes its revolution.

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Old 04-10-2007, 10:11 PM   #3
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is that response a nod towards future developments down in sussex?
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Old 04-10-2007, 10:17 PM   #4
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yeah more ribs
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is that response a nod towards future developments down in sussex?
Nah it just means the market is saturated with old rubber tubs and the buyers are slowly becoming savvy and looking for something new, i guess.
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Old 05-10-2007, 08:07 AM   #6
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Nah it just means the market is saturated with old rubber tubs and the buyers are slowly becoming savvy and looking for something new, i guess.
Kerrrect !!!
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arent they one & the same thing?
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Old 05-10-2007, 10:47 AM   #8
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Kerrrect !!!
Mike, you are my hero, a Gentleman and a Scholar and there aren't many of us left!

PS. Did i mention that you designed and built some excellent powerboats?

Sorry Fuller, im not dissin Phantom's or marshan's its just that Ring's ruled the South Coast when i was a young gun. I guess its a geographical thing!
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Old 05-10-2007, 12:12 PM   #9
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Behave yourself! the oul fool won't be able to get his edd froo the feckin door the way you're going on!
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Old 05-10-2007, 12:26 PM   #10
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Mike just an idea never been done before but whynot splash a rib and turn it into a hard boat .you never know might start a new trend in design .
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Mike just an idea never been done before but whynot splash a rib and turn it into a hard boat .you never know might start a new trend in design .
That could be quite funny!

theres prolly a 70% chance it'd end up being a RING hardboat with a aker running surface
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Mike just an idea never been done before but whynot splash a rib and turn it into a hard boat .you never know might start a new trend in design .
Me and my mates have been "Splashing Ribs" for years, its the best way of emptying your bladder after a damn good skinful.
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Old 06-10-2007, 09:36 AM   #13
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Remember this one - 21E with ProV200

We kept it for 10 years - an excellent outfit

Has now gone over to Ireland.
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