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Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
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Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
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Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbingand general play
On Mar 3, 6:28*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:23:14 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 3, 6:12*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said, I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that? They take a licking and keep on ticking. Can I assume that the wooden flat bottom skiff I suggest, is not something you would consider? Wood;) it be better if it had a modified vee or are there other reasons... * *I think the Brockway type skiff (dry weight 250) with the tiller 25 would suit his needs and might even be able to fit close to his budget too. I dunno - rock beach, wood boat. Hey, I suppose, but you'd have to really build up the bottom and protect it with something. Let's take your Brockway and run it up on Gould Island in Narragansett Bay and see what happens. *:) Hmmm - on second thought...maybe not. *:) Good point... Thanks... |
Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
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Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbingand general play
On Mar 3, 3:28 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said, I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that? It will get scratched up on the bottom but nothing structural unless you really bang it hard. If it were me I'd be inclined toward a 17 or 18 ft aluminum with a 40 horse 2 stroke on it. For rough water conditions I'd go with a RIB however. They are amazingly sea worthy and will continue running when half full of water or partially deflated. But aren't the RIBs bottom conventional fiberglass? And wouldn't that get destroyed pretty quickly if we beached the boat a lot? If not, who makes good RIB boats? -dm |
Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:21:01 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 3, 3:28 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said, I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that? It will get scratched up on the bottom but nothing structural unless you really bang it hard. If it were me I'd be inclined toward a 17 or 18 ft aluminum with a 40 horse 2 stroke on it. For rough water conditions I'd go with a RIB however. They are amazingly sea worthy and will continue running when half full of water or partially deflated. But aren't the RIBs bottom conventional fiberglass? And wouldn't that get destroyed pretty quickly if we beached the boat a lot? Not really. The hulls are usually made from glass/resin reinforced plastic or ploypropelene. Some hulls use Kevlar and some military manufacturers use Nomex w/Kevlar. Tough stuff. If not, who makes good RIB boats? Zodiac makes most of them actually. At our boat show a week & a half ago, I'm sure I saw some RIBs with the hull part made of aluminum. |
Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbingand general play
On Mar 3, 7:24*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:33:14 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 3, 6:28*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:23:14 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 3, 6:12*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said, I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that? They take a licking and keep on ticking. Can I assume that the wooden flat bottom skiff I suggest, is not something you would consider? Wood;) it be better if it had a modified vee or are there other reasons... * *I think the Brockway type skiff (dry weight 250) with the tiller 25 would suit his needs and might even be able to fit close to his budget too. I dunno - rock beach, wood boat. Hey, I suppose, but you'd have to really build up the bottom and protect it with something. Let's take your Brockway and run it up on Gould Island in Narragansett Bay and see what happens. *:) Hmmm - on second thought...maybe not. *:) Good point... Thanks... Just mulling it over, but I wonder if a skeg with some kind of replacable shoe would work. Yes/no?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sure, add a sheet of 6 oz. fiberglass to the bottom and 4-6 inches up the side, with the skegs, and you are good to go. The thing I like about the wooden bottom is even if it gets dinged up, you can fill it with a little goo, paint over it, and it's as strong as the day it was made. The Brockways like mine had a 3/4inch plywood bottom, pretty hard to punch through that but you have to be ready to have some dings. The skids on mine are bolted on so they can be replaced easily.. Not as pretty, but yes, skegs and a little glass, and in my opinion, other than aesthetics, wood is good... I rammed a rock pretty good the first year and have a big ding up near the stem area, I have just left it alone, I can see no structural reason to address it, just looks funny... Wood is tough. |
Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
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Looking for recommendations on power boat for fishing, crabbing and general play
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:29:53 -0400, "Don White"
wrote: "Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:21:01 -0800 (PST), wrote: On Mar 3, 3:28 pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote: What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said, I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that? It will get scratched up on the bottom but nothing structural unless you really bang it hard. If it were me I'd be inclined toward a 17 or 18 ft aluminum with a 40 horse 2 stroke on it. For rough water conditions I'd go with a RIB however. They are amazingly sea worthy and will continue running when half full of water or partially deflated. But aren't the RIBs bottom conventional fiberglass? And wouldn't that get destroyed pretty quickly if we beached the boat a lot? Not really. The hulls are usually made from glass/resin reinforced plastic or ploypropelene. Some hulls use Kevlar and some military manufacturers use Nomex w/Kevlar. Tough stuff. If not, who makes good RIB boats? Zodiac makes most of them actually. At our boat show a week & a half ago, I'm sure I saw some RIBs with the hull part made of aluminum. Forgot about that. I've seen large RIB pilot boats with aluminum hulls. Not sure what the CG uses. |
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