Here at Explorer Marine in the UK - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - we make most of our RIBs with " extended planing area" we sell this to...
Correct indeed, but the finger test is always done outside the actual boat area. After all, if the gel IS still wet, we cannot afford to have a...
What is the hull form - any concave surfaces? Which way does the prop rotate? What happens once she is fully on the plane - what speed can she...
Here in England we have wide temperature variations in the winter we struggle to get the moulds and workshop up from freezing to 15 degrees C -...
We - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - have installed the excellent STEYR 164 hp diesel which is entirely water cooled but has heat exchangers to...
I presume that the Century 330 is a 33 foot boat? We have fitted twin Evinrude 150s to large RIBs and the handling is superb. see...
Yes I agree. If anything our boats - www.explorermarine.co.uk - go faster with the ETEC engines than with the fourstrokes of equivalent size. Of...
Here in England - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - we are only allowed to fit engines which meet the 2007 emissions standards. That means we fit...
Manufacturers power ratings are often based on three issues. 1) How will the boat handle at that speed 2) how will the boat float when...
Yes here in the UK there have been cases where boat manufacturers have successfully claimed licence fees off people who mould from their boats....
Good concept, but I suggest that you will get wrinkles in the shrinkwrap, and do check that your shrinkwrap does not dissolve in Gel / resin....
If it is any help to complicate the issue, here in the UK there is a training philosophy of " Trim right in before you accelerate" This comes from...
Planing area is very much a function of speed. We - see explorermarine.co.uk - build fast RIBs in Devon England and a 5.0 metre SPORTS model will...
Safewalrus You are clearly a man of the south coast road. I actually go via Delabole Davidstow Launcestom Okehampton Exeter. Which takes 90 to 120...
Rick, Thanks for your efforts. I would be pleased to put some actual numbers into the plot which you have given, but not being a Savitsky...
We build boats for a business in Cornwall, GRP fast RIBs - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - and I would endorse much of what has been said. The...
Hi, I have had troubles with the Merc 50 fourstroke water cooling, and if you ask your Merc dealer they may admot to a field recall on early...
We had a similar problem with one of our Explorer 7.0 metre - 23 foot - RIBs - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - when we fitted it with twin 150...
Can we clarify what revs the engine is running at at full throttle. I ask this because we - see explorermarine.co.uk - built a 7 metre jetrib with...
We build fast RIBs - see www.explorermarine.co.uk - Here in the UK the temperature opf our workshops varies a good deal, so the gel layers are...
