A week last Sunday, the two 15' 6" rowing skiffs, that were built by 8 school children in my workshop, were launched in Faversham Creek. I used a F-RIB 330 as the safety boat. The F-RIB was powered by an electric outboard, a Torqeedo 1003 (roughly equivalent to 3hp petrol). Very manoeuvrable and safe in forward and reverse, well suited to close quarters rescuing (they needed it often!). The kids were aged 11-14 and had no previous experience of woodworking or being on the water. They built their boats in just 5 short days. In front of a large crowd they had a 'crash' course in rowing followed by a short race. Great fun had by all, as you can see from the photos...
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F-RIB 330 as safety boat when school kids float their skiffs
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Re: F-RIB 330 as safety boat when school kids float their sk
Fantastic looks like the kids did a great job building the boats. And looks like they had fun on the water too
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Re: F-RIB 330 as safety boat when school kids float their sk
Well done to the kids for building the boats, they look very professional.
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Re: F-RIB 330 as safety boat when school kids float their sk
Excellent and thanks for sharing 
Nothing better than seeing kids enjoying boating
hopefully it'll be the birth of a life-long hobby/passion, especially as they've built their own watercraft 
Great photos
Nothing better than seeing kids enjoying boating
hopefully it'll be the birth of a life-long hobby/passion, especially as they've built their own watercraft Great photos
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Re: F-RIB 330 as safety boat when school kids float their sk
That's cracking Alan...
Huge to the kids for sticking with it, not many will leave their PlayStation these days 
Great builds, great images, well done to all those who took part
Huge
to the kids for sticking with it, not many will leave their PlayStation these days Great builds, great images, well done to all those who took part
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