Seamouse Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 Hi folks, Since we're on the subject of names SeaMouse has gone, she's being replaced by Warrior under warranty after Indespension messed up the roller spacings on the trailer. New boat will be......SeaMouse II. I can't face changing my forum name etc etc all over again. Steve Quote
Coddy Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 Hi Steve Bad news mate When do you expect delivery of No.2? Coddy Quote
Seamouse Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Posted February 7, 2007 Hi Dave, I'm promised early March. Can't fault Warrior, they took it straight in and promised a replacement even before they'd worked out what was wrong. All being well, I'll be afloat again before the hounds come back. Difficult not to be paranoid about my luck with hulls though. I'll be spending the next couple of years as a distant dot in everyone else's wake and bleating over the VHF about how you are all going far too fast for the conditions Steve Quote
Coddy Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) I'll be spending the next couple of years as a distant dot in everyone else's wake and bleating over the VHF about how you are all going far too fast for the conditions That will be the day! Coddy Edited February 7, 2007 by Coddy Quote
Maverick Martin Posted February 7, 2007 Report Posted February 7, 2007 Seamouse how many hulls have you destroyed ? Martin Quote
Seamouse Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Posted February 8, 2007 Seamouse how many hulls have you destroyed ? Martin Two Lookfar survived almost three years of hard use before she failed catastrophically. I was told that was a manufacturing fault, an oversize beam contacting the hull where it shouldn't caused a local failure that spread. Warrior rebuilt her under warranty, she was like a tank afterwards they put so much reinforcement in. She's still going strong up in Hartlepool. SeaMouse I treated like a baby cos I was a bit embarrassed already about breaking 'their' boat. 30 hours of deliberately gentle use and the port side produced two 4ft crack lines Had to take a deep breath before I picked up the phone and told them the glad news. Got to hand it to them, they've been excellent. I'd apparently broken their brand new design Pro Angler in 6 months flat and they never even hinted that I might be a total maniac. Turned out the rear roller cradle had been supplied a full roller width out of spec. The hull is like the 175 in design with a reinforcing matrix bonded over the line where the rollers run. Out of line rollers put the stresses during recovery onto a section not designed to take them and it has flexed and cracked the gelcoat. I'd guess the damage will run deeper too, though I picked it up straight away so there is maybe a chance it may be just cosmetic at this stage. Anyway, I'm being given a replacement 165 in March. I've upgraded to a disc brake trailer to allow me to put the wheels in deeper (less load stresses that way) without trashing the brakes and I'll be doing my best to be gentle with her at sea. If I break this one as well, I think I'll pack it in and take up bowls instead Steve Quote
Coddy Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 Hi Steve I will be interested in the disc brake design on your new trailer. May be there will be someway to upgrade trailer brakes to this. Coddy Quote
Seamouse Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Posted February 8, 2007 Hi Steve I will be interested in the disc brake design on your new trailer. May be there will be someway to upgrade trailer brakes to this. Coddy I won't know until I've seen them in the flesh, but it is an optional extra at the moment. Not cheap, either. This is on Rapide trailers though, not Indespension. At present, at least, Warrior are using Rapide. I'd be very interested to know the relative merits of the two makes of trailer. I did notice that the Rapides have bearing savers, albeit not the same design as those on the Indespension trailer. Paul complained that his own discs had seized on when left for a while in the weather but that's not surprising really. The advantage ought to be that the pads are easy to access to break the rust free and there should be no other moving parts to lock solid. Time will tell, but I'm hoping they've been sensible about sealing the business end of the Bowden cables. If you are up my way on business after I take delivery, feel free to drop in and take a look. I'm sure I could rustle up a coffee Steve Quote
Adam F Posted February 8, 2007 Report Posted February 8, 2007 Steve, I'm really surprised at your bad luck. I used my 165 as hard as anyone (as you know) and never had a problem, I havent even heard of anyone else having these issues.... Best of luck with the replacement. Adam Quote
Seamouse Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Posted February 9, 2007 I'm really surprised at your bad luck. I used my 165 as hard as anyone (as you know) and never had a problem, I havent even heard of anyone else having these issues.... I'm Warrior's very own Jonah. Apart from a guy who liked to beach the boat at full speed, I'm the only one they'll admit to breaking a Mk II 165. Just bad luck. Lots of it Steve Quote
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