Sea Rider
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How many of you guys have pulled inflatable toys with your current boat/engine combo ? what's your experience as opposed to normal boating ? Forgot that had a packed inflatable banana for 4 passengers, so driving alone pulling just one passenger will be just fine at around 30 Km/h on flat no wind waters, wrong...
With just an 18 HP engine, the rib planes at 3/4 throttle, but total wot speed is reduced by half than when riding solo, bananas seem to have excessive water drag no matter if all its 3 chambers are fully inflated to 3.5 PSI. Assume that in order to fully carry 4 passengers at a fun speed a 40-50 HP engine is a must have. For security bananas speeds are limited to max 15-20 knots.
For now the only thing left for me are : pull the banana with nice se?orita at lousy speeds or invite her on board my 430 rib and go for a wot spin at a much more fun speed.
Happy Boating
With just an 18 HP engine, the rib planes at 3/4 throttle, but total wot speed is reduced by half than when riding solo, bananas seem to have excessive water drag no matter if all its 3 chambers are fully inflated to 3.5 PSI. Assume that in order to fully carry 4 passengers at a fun speed a 40-50 HP engine is a must have. For security bananas speeds are limited to max 15-20 knots.
For now the only thing left for me are : pull the banana with nice se?orita at lousy speeds or invite her on board my 430 rib and go for a wot spin at a much more fun speed.
Happy Boating
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