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Eh you guys do know that HMS Swift is LÉ Orla right?
The same davits are in still in active daily use and the Avon seariders are still in active daily use.
Although they are a bit like Triggers broom at this point, having had so many parts replaced etc since we got em.Last edited by Toolbox; 7 May 2017, 17:22.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostWe are so lucky that none of our ships have gravity Davits any more. Such an overly complex launch and recovery procedure compared to the single point launcher in use here and by many other European navies.
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Originally posted by Toolbox View PostEh you guys do know that HMS Swift is LÉ Orla right?
The same davits are in still in active daily use and the Avon seariders are still in active daily use.
Although they are a bit like Triggers broom at this point, having had so many parts replaced etc since we got em.
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Originally posted by Toolbox View PostEh you guys do know that HMS Swift is LÉ Orla right?
The same davits are in still in active daily use and the Avon seariders are still in active daily use.
Although they are a bit like Triggers broom at this point, having had so many parts replaced etc since we got em.
Those seariders are well gone.......
New type are grey hulled with modern electronic systems.
Bought circa 2009 to replace orange hulled boats on Peacocks & Emer class.
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Original Seariders were known as 5.4 metre Class. Unsure of what the newer boats are called.
Our original boats came with Eithne, fitted wrong way round on the upper boat deck with a single 70hp Johnson Engine.
Aisling was the first of the PVs to be trialled with a Searider, was done one Wednesday afternoon in the basin,must check my diary for the specific date but it was 1988. We also tested a new Dunlop boat the same day against the searider but its driver position was found to be problematic. The Avon Rep presented a couple of us drivers with a nice Avon pen on the day.Last edited by hptmurphy; 8 May 2017, 12:19.Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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