Pro's and Con's of an Ocean Cylinder

[stinky-stabi]

Oh Bugger !

when i looked into RBB's the ocean cylinder was way over priced:undecided:
17500 grand for a 4.5m tiller steer(hull only) back in 2007

you want aussie RBB look at the typhoon from wayne holland , his boats
are bullet proof :lipsrsealed:and he is awesome to deal with , knows his shit:smiley:
he is a member here.so worth contacting him if your keen ...pm if you want his number

[nigelr]

Can anyone confirm for me that Typhoon are still operating? Can't find the website anymore..........
Would be a real shame, great boats and Wayne top bloke.
Certainly my first choice for design and quality, proven in WA and Tassie speaks volumes IMO.
Agree re the OC Stinky, nice but a huge price.
Cheers.

[smashed crabs]

when i looked into RBB's the ocean cylinder was way over priced:undecided:
17500 grand for a 4.5m tiller steer(hull only) back in 2007

you want aussie RBB look at the typhoon from wayne holland , his boats
are bullet proof :lipsrsealed:and he is awesome to deal with , knows his shit:smiley:
he is a member here.so worth contacting him if your keen ...pm if you want his number

Thanks Stinky-stabi

Im looking at em all and would have to wonder if having a boat of type actually has any real benifits ?? These boats of type have the sealed floation tubes and less internal volume and then there is the cost , so does it come down to the happy feeling of these sealed tubes??

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[stinky-stabi]

m8 i dont think money is an option when your talking safety.......
always good to know your not going to be found on the ocean floor ...lol

[smashed crabs]

m8 i dont think money is an option when your talking safety.......
always good to know your not going to be found on the ocean floor ...lol

Stinky-stabi

I agree with you on saftey but would it not be possible to have this with other types of boats? with full floatation ?
Once apon a time me and a mate modified a 19foot Nova and took her out to sink her , pulled all the bungs , loaded her right up but we couldn't sink her , when we tested it we did not have the outboard on the arse , if we did we would have drowned it for sure.

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[stinky-stabi]

Stinky-stabi

I agree with you on saftey but would it not be possible to have this with other types of boats? with full floatation ?
Once apon a time me and a mate modified a 19foot Nova and took her out to sink her , pulled all the bungs , loaded her right up but we couldn't sink her , when we tested it we did not have the outboard on the arse , if we did we would have drowned it for sure.

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yes probably possible , on any boat. my boat has 1515 litres of buoyancy so is pretty hard to hold that under....i have been trying .lololololol...:shocked:

[GBC]

Throw ocean craft into the mix for a commercial looking pontoon boat. For the money they look O.K.

[krazyfisher]

the benifit that I see is you can have a very deep V and stability at rest with the pontoons

[Smithy]

There was a recent good thread on Fishnet about Stabicrafts about a month ago. Worth following up. How they ride and why they are good at rest can actually be explained by the naval architect concepts of centre of bouyancy and centre of gravity. It is more to do with chines close to 90 degrees, wide chines and then a reasonably deep V in the middle. At rest they all settle pretty deep in the water and that helps their stability. If you looked at the cross section of something like a Nobel it would be similar with its big chine line.

"Shutterbug/Magic Pudding" the ex F&B OC is regarded as awesome by anyone I know who has ever ridden in it. It was just the lack of space for such a big boat with the tubes stuck on the outside that anyone ever complained about. Noise in alloy boats can be taken away by carpet lining all the internal surfaces. My Stabi is quiet in that regard as was my McClay who both had copious amounts of carpet on the inside but I could list some absolute shocking plate boats I have been out in that were noisey as. A couple had that jarring alloy sound and another sounded like the front sheets were a Rolf Harris wobble board.

Skippers ultimately determine how boats ride. I've been with good ones and bad ones and bad skippers could make legendary boats like Deep V Haines' bang and good skippers could get you there in less time but more comfort in a pressed alloy tinny.

[smashed crabs]

Throw ocean craft into the mix for a commercial looking pontoon boat. For the money they look O.K.

Thanks GBC
I have had a look at em but for me they are kinda really ugly :grin:

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[smashed crabs]

Skippers ultimately determine how boats ride. I've been with good ones and bad ones and bad skippers could make legendary boats like Deep V Haines' bang and good skippers could get you there in less time but more comfort in a pressed alloy tinny.

Thanks Smithy
I would agree with this , take long boats as an example in a following sea , alot of people seem to be a little scared of them , chuck a good skipper behind the stick and it's magic.
I worked out of a 6m long boat for years and i am yet to see another boat that could match what i could do with it and in that time i saw alot of deckys drive it once and never drive it again , if they just payed note to what it was they did to scare em selves
they would have loved the boat and relised it was the driver .

Years ago same boat two deckys took it into cardwell from Dunk , the boat made it there but the deckys didn't, we found the decky's with nothing wrong with them and the longboat in the mangroves where Port Hinch now stands , this is what can happen if you drive a boat beyond it's means

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