W.olly
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Well you need to work on it a bit more then haha.I've never worked out why people fit petrol engines in boats.
Well you need to work on it a bit more then haha.I've never worked out why people fit petrol engines in boats.
It's the idea of having a volatile fuel on a boat. Most boats aren't well kept and petrol in the bilges combined with dodgy electrics is not great.They work, are less temperature sensitive on cold starts than diesels, and are the way to go on outboards.
Designed for the job,and given suitable care, there's not much wrong with them....
Down here, trailed boats are no bad thing to have, and that means outboards....It's the idea of having a volatile fuel on a boat. Most boats aren't well kept and petrol in the bilges combined with dodgy electrics is not great.
I get for really fast boats and outboards it's a necessity but I'm happier with 500l of diesel over 500l of super plus.
Ii aint called the mudway for nothing, and with all them liveaboards you have to ask yourself, is it all mud!Down here, trailed boats are no bad thing to have, and that means outboards....
All shoals and sandbanks, creeks, and the rest of it.
Something deeply primaeval about the Thames estuary and its Medway and Essex sub -genres...
I'll let them get on with that old mularkey. Fine for them that like it, but not my cup of tea at all.Ii aint called the mudway for nothing, and with all them liveaboards you have to ask yourself, is it all mud!
The way some of the boats get through fuel, it’s not onboard for very long. 70-80 lph when running loaded is not uncommon.It's the idea of having a volatile fuel on a boat. Most boats aren't well kept and petrol in the bilges combined with dodgy electrics is not great.
I get for really fast boats and outboards it's a necessity but I'm happier with 500l of diesel over 500l of super plus.
Our old boat, fairline sprint 4.3 v6, 13 gals hr at 30 knots, did not do that for very long!The way some of the boats get through fuel, it’s not onboard for very long. 70-80 lph when running loaded is not uncommon.
That’s pretty good for a v6, 65 lph, always seemed inefficient co,pared to the v8Our old boat, fairline sprint 4.3 v6, 13 gals hr at 30 knots, did not do that for very long!
That is why the oysters are so fat.Ii aint called the mudway for nothing, and with all them liveaboards you have to ask yourself, is it all mud!
Sounds like the perfect placed for an airboat......Down here, trailed boats are no bad thing to have, and that means outboards....
All shoals and sandbanks, creeks, and the rest of it.
Something deeply primaeval about the Thames estuary and its Medway and Essex sub -genres...
Nasty jagged little chop gets up very quickly on the Blackwater.An airboat would be the worst craft there you can imagine, the medway is a deep river averaging about 15ft rise & fall with fairly strong tides, get wind against tide & an airboat would be in trouble. Some guys use hovercraft there for mudlarking & they are ok when the tides out for going over the mudflats but when it kicks up rough they are out of their league. Other thing is that hovercraft & similar are very noisy, to the point they cause appalling disturbance to wildfowl & an area like that it isnt big enough to accomodate more than a few of them.
I was making a "Over the Top American solution" suggestion.An airboat would be the worst craft there you can imagine, the medway is a deep river averaging about 15ft rise & fall with fairly strong tides, get wind against tide & an airboat would be in trouble. Some guys use hovercraft there for mudlarking & they are ok when the tides out for going over the mudflats but when it kicks up rough they are out of their league. Other thing is that hovercraft & similar are very noisy, to the point they cause appalling disturbance to wildfowl & an area like that it isnt big enough to accomodate more than a few of them.
Provoking the coastal locals in Essex isn't a good idea...I was making a "Over the Top American solution" suggestion.
AKA "More Power !"
Watching "Swamp people" the other night, the one crew with an airboat got stuck in a nasty windstorm
and it looked like it handled it pretty good.
Could always put a different hull under the airboat to suit more extreme waves.
Looks like 2 separate hulls, and some articulation going on here:'
You can hear the hovercraft coming from quite some way off, on the plus side they make no wash.An airboat would be the worst craft there you can imagine, the medway is a deep river averaging about 15ft rise & fall with fairly strong tides, get wind against tide & an airboat would be in trouble. Some guys use hovercraft there for mudlarking & they are ok when the tides out for going over the mudflats but when it kicks up rough they are out of their league. Other thing is that hovercraft & similar are very noisy, to the point they cause appalling disturbance to wildfowl & an area like that it isnt big enough to accomodate more than a few of them.
Can ya waterski behind one ?You can hear the hovercraft coming from quite some way off, on the plus side they make no wash.
I have no ideaCan ya waterski behind one ?
Barefoot, if its fast enough!Can ya waterski behind one ?