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Avon RIB with 2 car seats in the front

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  • #2
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,344 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Car seats are not waterproof and will only fill up with water adding a lot of weight to the boat, they also have steal frames that will rust in no time. I hate to see them boats :roll eyes:





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  • #3
    ado100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭ado100


    I agree with Fergal - on my 5m RIB, I've two in-line jockey seats, the boat is much more stable with all the weight centred.


  • #4
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Car seats are not waterproof and will only fill up with water adding a lot of weight to the boat, they also have steal frames that will rust in no time. I hate to see them boats :roll eyes:

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    I don't know if they aren't waterproof, they might have been built for the purpose. For some reason though those boats always seem a bit dated looking.


  • #5
    Hifive
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭Hifive


    That's how a lot of those Avon sea riders came from the factory. The seats are proper marine spec vinyl and the frames are aluminium. There was also the jockey console version.

    I used a searider like the one in the link 20 odd years ago for rescue work and Howth yacht club had about 6 of the jockey seat versions as rescue boats for the dinghy races. They are very sturdy and seaworthy. My nephew had a 14/15 foot version with a Mariner 40 and it went fairly well.

    As I recall they used a hull vent system where by the lower hull fills up with water when stationary through 2 small openings under the waterline in the bow. This gives them fantastic stability for use as a rescue platform. When you accelerate, the water quickly drains out through a large opening in the lower transom which is above the water level when the boat gets up to speed. The water ballast system makes them a bit sluggish acceleration wise, so we used to duct tape over the holes and keep her lit.


  • #6
    Ferris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭Ferris


    I think the sit down version was called a sportsman or something similar. That boat looks original alright. The 4m had a different deck (moulded) to the jockey seated seariders. One of them was converted to a jockey seat in howth that I used to use. Great little boats to use and hugely capable for their size.


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