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03-05-2004, 05:57 PM
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Registered User
Country: The isle of Boatmad
Location: The Pit
Occupation: THE MISSUS
Interests: Ribbin, BBQs, drummin
Boat name: Zebedee
Boat make: Gemini
Cruising area: just behind the wheel
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Pit
Posts: 105
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Yo sports fans,
reading above whats HOOKING and I'm not pulling the piss.
John are you going to post that footage
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I'd like to help you out; which way did you come in?
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03-05-2004, 08:05 PM
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Registered User
Country: Hampshire
Location: The Solent
Occupation: IT
Boat name: Pepsea
Boat make: Tohatsu 6.6 Rib
Engines: Optimax 150
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Solent
Posts: 205
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Yeah, that couldn't possibly happen to a rib!......
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Well it can and did and it hurt
Thankfully we were travelling at about a quarter of the speed of that boat in the video but the only thing sticking up out of the water after we stopped and surfaced was four heads, a windshcreen and a VHF ariel, somewhere 4 foot underneath us was a rib with enough internal bouyancy to float a landrover!
Did a great "Red October" when she surfaced though
T
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03-05-2004, 11:42 PM
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numbskull
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
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Originally posted by terminator
Well it can and did and it hurt
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Believe it or not, I was being deeply sarcastic (or at least trying to be)
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03-05-2004, 11:42 PM
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Registered User
Location: Scotland
Interests: Hole maker
Boat make: Humber Ocean Offshore
Engines: KAD 300/DPX
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Scotland
Posts: 958
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I don't doubt a rib will go in, Jon but they (well most of them) don't have the deck to drive them down. As you said....
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Originally posted by jon fuller
Agreed, although with that shovel nose, if you stuffed it, it looks like it would never come back up!
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03-05-2004, 11:45 PM
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numbskull
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
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04-05-2004, 08:40 AM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Posts: 4,638
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Originally posted by jackeen
Yo sports fans,
reading above whats HOOKING and I'm not pulling the piss.
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It is basically when the boat turns very sharply on its own, this often involves the crew being ejected from the boat. The problem with deep V hulls as seen on many RIBs is that when pushed too hard and or overpowered this is more likely to happen.
As far as the recovering from a stuff - I believe that when airborne it is necessary to back off the throttle to preserve the engine and a racers instinct is to get back on the throttle ASAP when landing -
I believe that Ian Sanderson (the driver of the boat in the crash at Cowes) had already "lost it" when he took off for the first time and became a passenger. The only time throttle can hep is maybe to get the thing back up and going again, but if you had seen the wreck that was a Phantom 18 and the state of the crew you would have known that wasn't an option either!
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British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
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04-05-2004, 09:43 AM
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#47
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Registered User
Country: Hampshire
Location: The Solent
Occupation: IT
Boat name: Pepsea
Boat make: Tohatsu 6.6 Rib
Engines: Optimax 150
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: The Solent
Posts: 205
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Believe it or not, I was being deeply sarcastic (or at least trying to be
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I know, and wasn't going to even try the "Ribs are invincible" thingy. It happended in 92 in the North Channel between Larne and Stranraer, a nasty piece of water at the best of times in seas we shouldn't have been out in.
We learnt a lot and very quickly from that incident not least "to use the throttle with bottle" and what the trim is really for!
We came off the front of a very large wave at 25 knots to find a very big hole . The natural tendency is to close the thottle which I did. That was the last mistake I made because I didn't get a chance to make any others as the bow stuffed itself straight into the back of the next wave. The hardnose of the rib went straight in like a dart. I took the full force of the green water and the diver behind me ducked. Another diver on the port side did a suiside dive across the loose diving kit and saved it from going out the back end. The diver on the starboard side didn't see it coming and the force of the water knocked him along the full length of the tube until he hit the a frame and bent it which stopped him going out the back of the boat.
Engine stalled and the boat came to a halt. The large wave we had just come down then rolled over the top of us. Once past the only thing visable above the water was four heads and a VHF ariel. After a long while the bouyancy finally took over and up she came bow first like "Red October" water pouring over the transom and rear tubes. I turned the key and prayed like mad, engine started first time and boy was I grateful! We drove home in silence, stunned that they could be stuffed.
A month later we watched a Delta 5.5m go in nose first whilst going through the Calf of Man, now that really takes some doing with those bows.
T
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04-05-2004, 11:21 AM
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Registered User
Location: Bournemouth
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 391
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Stuffed my boat at the weekend off Start Point.
It was a small-ish following sea and a wave opened up into a big whole. As we approached it I throttled off, or so I thought, enough to put the hard nose into it but not enough to drive through the wave.
The nose went straight down and the force of the water came back and broke the windscreen, hit my crewman in the neck and nearly knocked me off my feet.
Being a Ribster I just carried on.
Just bad driving at the end of the day
Mark
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04-05-2004, 11:51 AM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Posts: 4,638
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When Start Point is rough go about 2 miles offshore and it will be a lot flatter!
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British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
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04-05-2004, 01:07 PM
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numbskull
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
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I'll post that vid later of someone losing their helmet in a stuff
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04-05-2004, 08:09 PM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Posts: 4,638
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Originally posted by Matt
Also, can you get collapsible steering columns?
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with Hydraulic steering you don't even have a column so no is the answer but it is rare or impossible? to get thrown forward as the force of the water forces you back in a stuff or sideways if you hook it.
I reckon the helmet straps are probably designed to break before they take your head off, having said that they are mostly bike helmets that most people use - maybe Gecko helmets would be better as they are designed for the job?
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British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
National Speed Record Holder at 90.15 (still)
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05-05-2004, 08:11 AM
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: South West
Occupation: Development engineer
Interests: Fast boats
Boat name: Xtreme
Boat make: Bernico 21
Engines: Mercury F1, 300 Drag, XR2 "Fingerported"
Cruising area: South West
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South West
Posts: 1,043
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Stuffing without banging your head or chest on the wheel.
Does this not depend on how bad the stuff is, for instance if the front of the boat goes into a hole would this not stop the boat or at least take 80% of its speed away.
I have Stuffed a Phantom 20 at over 65mph, this happened very quickly, I suffered a lower eye orbit blowout, and was knockedout for a few minutes.
The boat did 65-0 in seconds.
This is no fun when this happens, myself and by observer were pretty bashed up for a long time after being released from hospital.
My advise to anyone would be to invest in a very good life jacket and if you plan on driving fast wear a helmet.
Cyco
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05-05-2004, 09:42 AM
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numbskull
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
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Excellent advice
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05-05-2004, 04:57 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Somerset
Occupation: old bloke
Interests: Water Ski Racing, Basic Racing
Boat name: Bad Boy 717, Hotshot 777
Boat make: Phantom 21, Phantom 21
Engines: JSRE Merc 2.5 EFIss 280hp, Merc 2.5 x 2
Cruising area: Weymouth, Weston and rest of UK
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Somerset
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an even better bit of advice is : - never let a skier drive a boat lofty!!!!
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05-05-2004, 05:25 PM
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hello
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,739
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Phantom 18 stuff
Are you sure the Phantom 18 in that video was actually an 18 because it looks more like a 19 to me.
In fact it looks more like this Phantom 19!!!!
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05-05-2004, 06:27 PM
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numbskull
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
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Your right, my appologies to all, tiz an exel (which actually measures 20')
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01-10-2013, 10:30 AM
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#57
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To crazy To drive #91
Country: belgium
Location: Willebroek
Occupation: working in bernico
Interests: powerboats, rc boats , waterskiracing , building boats
Boat name: FTX 27
Boat make: FTX 27 , bernico 19FT, Bernico XTS, Bernico leverage 43
Engines: mercury 2.5 EFI , 300R v8 , 1075 SCI
Cruising area: Willebroek
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Willebroek
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it was a nice F2 boat i found that boat again over here at the factory it's been sold again but it is still racing in waterski world and it been completely repainted
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05-10-2013, 10:36 PM
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#58
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: South West
Occupation: Development engineer
Interests: Fast boats
Boat name: Xtreme
Boat make: Bernico 21
Engines: Mercury F1, 300 Drag, XR2 "Fingerported"
Cruising area: South West
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South West
Posts: 1,043
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Originally Posted by Bernicojunior
it was a nice F2 boat i found that boat again over here at the factory it's been sold again but it is still racing in waterski world and it been completely repainted
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It was a fantastic boat.
You never know I may want another in a year or two
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07-10-2013, 09:30 AM
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To crazy To drive #91
Country: belgium
Location: Willebroek
Occupation: working in bernico
Interests: powerboats, rc boats , waterskiracing , building boats
Boat name: FTX 27
Boat make: FTX 27 , bernico 19FT, Bernico XTS, Bernico leverage 43
Engines: mercury 2.5 EFI , 300R v8 , 1075 SCI
Cruising area: Willebroek
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Willebroek
Posts: 266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyco
It was a fantastic boat.
You never know I may want another in a year or two
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hahah that's what i like to hear let me know when youre ready
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