pennycar9
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Here we go. just took 4ish hours to get these on
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B175Chris
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Wow definitely worth it, what a beast!
Chris
Chris
BrendanS
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why?
pennycar9
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why what?
Bajansailor
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2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship......
Gosh, 2,000 hp hanging on the back of what is basically a rather big RHIB.....
The ganja growers / smugglers in St Vincent would love to have vessels like this - just so long as it can out-run any of the local Coastguard fleet while loaded.............
Is the top end speed classified?
Who was it built for?
Any idea of cost?
I can see a queue of prospective punters lining up..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PS - I am guessing maybe 50 knots flat out, but burning perhaps 20 gal/hr on each engine, hence 160 gal /hr, so a bit over 3 gallons / mile... OK I am thinking US gallons, but that is still about 12-15 litres per mile, hence a wee bit pricey for running down the Solent to a favourite pub in.
But what pose value! (For those who are posers....)
Gosh, 2,000 hp hanging on the back of what is basically a rather big RHIB.....
The ganja growers / smugglers in St Vincent would love to have vessels like this - just so long as it can out-run any of the local Coastguard fleet while loaded.............
Is the top end speed classified?
Who was it built for?
Any idea of cost?
I can see a queue of prospective punters lining up..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PS - I am guessing maybe 50 knots flat out, but burning perhaps 20 gal/hr on each engine, hence 160 gal /hr, so a bit over 3 gallons / mile... OK I am thinking US gallons, but that is still about 12-15 litres per mile, hence a wee bit pricey for running down the Solent to a favourite pub in.
But what pose value! (For those who are posers....)
BrendanS
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why does anyone need that many outboards on a rib. Other than for illegal use
Gludy
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What illegal use could there be?
B175Chris
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Have you guys seen the thread a few below this? there was a few picture posting problems but explains pretty much /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Its the RIB Thread
Chris
Its the RIB Thread
Chris
BrendanS
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what legal use could there be? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
epervier
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seen this boat before, not a very discrete way of running dope!
probably using the product they were selling, when choosing this monster, must have been off their heads.
I can see it now, when they ordered it,
"yea man, we won a do a bit a multi wake boardin' man, wid plenty a bling"
no wonder they got caught,
more money than intellect!
probably using the product they were selling, when choosing this monster, must have been off their heads.
I can see it now, when they ordered it,
"yea man, we won a do a bit a multi wake boardin' man, wid plenty a bling"
no wonder they got caught,
more money than intellect!
Bajansailor
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
In the West Indies, and St Vincent in particular, there is a thriving trade in ganja (marijuana) cultivation - this is the main cash crop in St Vincent now, and it is almost singlehandedly responsible for keeping the economy going.
However it is still officially an illegal (I think) activity in Vincyland, hence one cannot just package the stuff up and ship it out by UPS..... so the suppliers and traders have to seek alternative methods of transporting their goods.
The usual method is by Pirogue (a deep vee Trinidadian evolution from a dug out canoe) or Cigarette (deep vee offshore racing boat type developed by Don Aronow, goes like stink with enough oooomph).
These craft are used to transport the cargo to destinations all over the Caribbean. Barbados is 100 miles to windward of St Vincent, yet they can still leave Vincy shores after sunset (1800 ish), potter up to Barbados, offload half a tonne of cargo, put the hammers down on the trip west and still be tucked up in bed at home with a mug of cocoa before midnight.
Current wholesale cost is (I think) around US$ 500 a kilo (retail is 2 or 3 or more times that), so half a tonne of the stuff landed safely is a good little earner..... beats growing bananas.....
Although you don't have to run the risk of having your boat blown out of the water by machine gun fire when transporting bananas.....
In the West Indies, and St Vincent in particular, there is a thriving trade in ganja (marijuana) cultivation - this is the main cash crop in St Vincent now, and it is almost singlehandedly responsible for keeping the economy going.
However it is still officially an illegal (I think) activity in Vincyland, hence one cannot just package the stuff up and ship it out by UPS..... so the suppliers and traders have to seek alternative methods of transporting their goods.
The usual method is by Pirogue (a deep vee Trinidadian evolution from a dug out canoe) or Cigarette (deep vee offshore racing boat type developed by Don Aronow, goes like stink with enough oooomph).
These craft are used to transport the cargo to destinations all over the Caribbean. Barbados is 100 miles to windward of St Vincent, yet they can still leave Vincy shores after sunset (1800 ish), potter up to Barbados, offload half a tonne of cargo, put the hammers down on the trip west and still be tucked up in bed at home with a mug of cocoa before midnight.
Current wholesale cost is (I think) around US$ 500 a kilo (retail is 2 or 3 or more times that), so half a tonne of the stuff landed safely is a good little earner..... beats growing bananas.....
Although you don't have to run the risk of having your boat blown out of the water by machine gun fire when transporting bananas.....
BrendanS
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
either Gludy is a complete innocent, or is acting that way.
either Gludy is a complete innocent, or is acting that way.
Gludy
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I am a complte innocent .... I think /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
If they wanted speed for running dope surely there are better ways to get it than that load of outboards? Maybe not but a fair few boats can do 50moh plus - so why not do it properly.
/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I am a complte innocent .... I think /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
If they wanted speed for running dope surely there are better ways to get it than that load of outboards? Maybe not but a fair few boats can do 50moh plus - so why not do it properly.
epervier
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship......
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Gosh, 2,000 hp hanging on the back of what is basically a rather big RHIB.....
The ganja growers / smugglers in St Vincent would love to have vessels like this - just so long as it can out-run any of the local Coastguard fleet while loaded.............
Is the top end speed classified?
Who was it built for?
Any idea of cost?
I can see a queue of prospective punters lining up..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PS - I am guessing maybe 50 knots flat out, but burning perhaps 20 gal/hr on each engine, hence 160 gal /hr, so a bit over 3 gallons / mile... OK I am thinking US gallons, but that is still about 12-15 litres per mile, hence a wee bit pricey for running down the Solent to a favourite pub in.
But what pose value! (For those who are posers....)
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just a taste for you to start with,
Yamaha uk site list a 250 hp 4 stroke outboard as £15,399.00 inc VAT x 8 = £123,192, but my guess is you'd get multi-purchase discount!
then a rib of that size a guess of anywhere between 30-50k,
but who knows?
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Gosh, 2,000 hp hanging on the back of what is basically a rather big RHIB.....
The ganja growers / smugglers in St Vincent would love to have vessels like this - just so long as it can out-run any of the local Coastguard fleet while loaded.............
Is the top end speed classified?
Who was it built for?
Any idea of cost?
I can see a queue of prospective punters lining up..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
PS - I am guessing maybe 50 knots flat out, but burning perhaps 20 gal/hr on each engine, hence 160 gal /hr, so a bit over 3 gallons / mile... OK I am thinking US gallons, but that is still about 12-15 litres per mile, hence a wee bit pricey for running down the Solent to a favourite pub in.
But what pose value! (For those who are posers....)
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just a taste for you to start with,
Yamaha uk site list a 250 hp 4 stroke outboard as £15,399.00 inc VAT x 8 = £123,192, but my guess is you'd get multi-purchase discount!
then a rib of that size a guess of anywhere between 30-50k,
but who knows?
BrendanS
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
drug runners and smugglers use all sorts of high powered craft. and often steal them
You do have to ask why a boat would need that many engines for any normal use.
drug runners and smugglers use all sorts of high powered craft. and often steal them
You do have to ask why a boat would need that many engines for any normal use.
Lakesailor
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
Imagine trying to synchronise all those gearchange cables!
Imagine trying to synchronise all those gearchange cables!
halcyon
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
Wasn't a boat builder in court the other week for supplying a rib like that ?
Brian
Wasn't a boat builder in court the other week for supplying a rib like that ?
Brian
BrendanS
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Re: 2,000 hp on tap - a smuggler\'s dream ship
Yep, and a few million in cash stashed away,
Yep, and a few million in cash stashed away,
DoubleVision
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See last thread--I guess as Abromovich is in town he will buy it as another tender /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Bit too big a rubadub for my transom
Well done with the pics Paul
Well done with the pics Paul
dalex
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"yea man, we won a do a bit a multi wake boardin' man, wid plenty a bling"
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Somewhere near Wembly?
"yea man, we won a do a bit a multi wake boardin' man, wid plenty a bling"
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Somewhere near Wembly?