PVC or Hypalon? RIB or High Pressure? - Page 2

jzk · 19-07-2008, 05:18

We have a Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke. It allows our RIB to plane up nicely and go 18mph. Once you start going out and about in your dinghy you will appreciate the ability to cruise.

We are at the tail end of the break in period, so our fuel is still a higher oil mixture than regular, so it might even cruise faster once that is normal.

defjef · 19-07-2008, 06:30

Getting the motor off and onto the pushpit is essential as you don't want to tow a RIB with a motor.

Garhauer makes an awesome demountable and very well made and attractive and inexpensive... if a crane can be called attractive lifting davit. It makes taking a 100# motor up to the rail a snap. When I launch the motor Idrop it down right into the water, get into the boat and pull it over and onto the transsom which can be done solo. Once I got the Garhauer the motor weight did not become an issue except a it relates to trim on the dink. This is one piece of gear that every yach which has to move heavy gear around on onto the dock... batteries come to mind.

svDragonfly · 19-07-2008, 11:39

What the wife and kids can lift and pull has made me reconsider the size. we will go by one more store tomorrow, if they do not have a good deal it looks like I will order a 6hp Tohatsu with an 8'10", either the walker bay Odyssey 270afh or the Mercury 270 airdeck online.

Alan Wheeler · 19-07-2008, 22:03

We are using a 15Hp 2stroke and the thing gets up and goes just fine with two. Three it's OK but 4 it won't get on the plane. Funny thing is that the plate on the transom says 4.5 people. Hmmm, so what, does one have to be half in/half out??

Lancerbye · 20-07-2008, 00:11

That's for your half ass relatives. LOL

Thermal · 20-07-2008, 00:16

That happens when you have bean-counters in charge: they figure that if the average family has a husband, wife, 2.5 kids and a dog, then that's what a dinghy should carry!

19-07-2008, 11:39	#18
svDragonfly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Napa, CA Boat: Beneteau Oceanis 411 "Dragonfly" Posts: 18	What the wife and kids can lift and pull has made me reconsider the size. we will go by one more store tomorrow, if they do not have a good deal it looks like I will order a 6hp Tohatsu with an 8'10", either the walker bay Odyssey 270afh or the Mercury 270 airdeck online. __________________ It's all about perspective: "That's huge! Go stand next to that!"

19-07-2008, 22:03	#19
Alan Wheeler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand Boat: Hartley Tahitian 45ft. Leisure Lady Posts: 8,040 Images: 102	We are using a 15Hp 2stroke and the thing gets up and goes just fine with two. Three it's OK but 4 it won't get on the plane. Funny thing is that the plate on the transom says 4.5 people. Hmmm, so what, does one have to be half in/half out?? __________________ Wheels For God so loved the world..........He didn't send a committee.

20-07-2008, 00:11	#20
Lancerbye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Middle East in the winter, West Coast of Canada in the summer for this year. Boat: Lancer 44 Motorsailer Posts: 547 Images: 27	That's for your half ass relatives. LOL __________________ The basis of accomplishment is in never quitting Mengzi Meng-tse

20-07-2008, 00:16	#21
Thermal Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Honolulu Boat: S2 11.0C 36' Puka Wai Posts: 133 Images: 1	That happens when you have bean-counters in charge: they figure that if the average family has a husband, wife, 2.5 kids and a dog, then that's what a dinghy should carry! __________________ In theory, Practice and Theory are the same. In practice, they are not.

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19-07-2008, 05:18	#16
jzk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 473	We have a Yamaha 15hp 2 stroke. It allows our RIB to plane up nicely and go 18mph. Once you start going out and about in your dinghy you will appreciate the ability to cruise. We are at the tail end of the break in period, so our fuel is still a higher oil mixture than regular, so it might even cruise faster once that is normal.

19-07-2008, 06:30	#17
defjef Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: up from NYC Boat: Shiva - Contest 36s Posts: 1,151	Getting the motor off and onto the pushpit is essential as you don't want to tow a RIB with a motor. Garhauer makes an awesome demountable and very well made and attractive and inexpensive... if a crane can be called attractive lifting davit. It makes taking a 100# motor up to the rail a snap. When I launch the motor Idrop it down right into the water, get into the boat and pull it over and onto the transsom which can be done solo. Once I got the Garhauer the motor weight did not become an issue except a it relates to trim on the dink. This is one piece of gear that every yach which has to move heavy gear around on onto the dock... batteries come to mind.

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