Clancy Moped
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Spot something wrong?
So this boat came up on my FB feed....
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jacaldo
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Inside helm?
Clancy Moped
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Mistroma
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Steering should be fun. Do you stand on the bum bar and stretch forward to reach the wheel? Perhaps there's an invisible chair or does the helm stand high up on a small platform ready to be washed overboard?
I assume that it is computer generated and someone put in a bar from RIB instead of a nice robust chair mounted clear of the deck.
I assume that it is computer generated and someone put in a bar from RIB instead of a nice robust chair mounted clear of the deck.
Clancy Moped
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More pics and a video on Solas TenderSteering should be fun. Do you stand on the bum bar and stretch forward to reach the wheel? Perhaps there's an invisible chair or does the helm stand high up on a small platform ready to be washed overboard?
I assume that it is computer generated and someone put in a bar from RIB instead of a nice robust chair mounted clear of the deck.
jacaldo
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36 passengers?
Clancy Moped
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12, I believe.
Stork_III
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"When serving as a rescue boat, Solas can hold up to 38 people in times of emergency. "
Clancy Moped
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Ok, 12 or 38, completely useless without a someone on the helm?
Stork_III
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Clancy Moped
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Did you see the advert in the OP?
JumbleDuck
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Driven by a trophy wife so anorexic that she can no longer be seen?
dunedin
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Autopilot on?
RichardS
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Indeed so. My boat is often sans helmsman as he's down below opening up another tinny.
Richard
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If it is a rescue boat, presumably it is for heavy weather. What holds the rescued people in place? there does not seem to be any safety belts, let alone hand holds etc. Everyone would be slung around in any kind of sea. have i misunderstood that?
Mistroma
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Thanks, the video does show a raised seat on a frame. The original picture didn't have that, just the bum-bar too low and far away to be of any use. I assumed it was computer generated, external steering position had not been rendered as someone assumed it also had internal steering. The advert confirms lack of internal steering. Someone couldn't be bothered with the extra effort involved in adding a seat and helmsman.
DownWest
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Is this to solve the problem of peeps with expensive yachts not wanting a fuggly SOLAS type boat on their elegant ride?
Seashoreman
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No cleats, handholds?
DownWest
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Not needed, the boss and acolytes will board before launch, bods in the water will have to make their own arrangements....
Why am I thinking Bond Movie?
madabouttheboat
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36 eh? Should be able to get a few trips across the Channel per day with that.
Should be able to get a few trips across the Channel per day with that. 