Unsinkable Ranger Boats

[licketdsplit756]

everyone always ask me are ranger boats the ones that are unsinkable.##reply## now thats a good question. i was in the navy for six yrs.even those ships sink..but to be truthfull. i dont know..supposedly there filled with styrafoam.one guy said he saw on tv where you can cut them in half and thell still float.maybe i should try that lol

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

I had a boat several years ago called a Bonwitco *With*, it was Norwegian designed and featured a fibreglass double hull with injected foam allegedly making it unsinkable.

Went to the London boat show about a year after I bought the boat and the company had a display set up with one of their boats cut in half and both halves floating in a tank, perfectly

By the way, they called the display.............the Half Wit

 

[roscoe]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Boston Whaler is the one they cut into pieces, on the water, and it still floats.

 

[bassboy1]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Boston Whaler is the one they cut into pieces, on the water, and it still floats.

Well, that and Carolina Skiff.

Ranger boats are just good bass boats, but I wouldn't call them unsinkable. I would, however, call Whalers/Carolina Skiffs unsinkable.

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Wasn't there a story about the Marines trying to find out how many rounds it would take to sink a Boston Whaler (small arms fire obviously) and they gave up in the end?

 

[Chief101]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Wasn't there a story about the Marines trying to find out how many rounds it would take to sink a Boston Whaler (small arms fire obviously) and they gave up in the end?

Yea, they gave up, after all the passengers were dead!
Chief Chief

 

[rndn]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

The last truelly unsinkable boat was the Titanic!!!

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Found this on a Skeeter, thought it was interesting.
http://www.skeeterboats.com/videos/floatation.html

I also watched the video on the Whaler.
It is kinda deceiving if you watch it in that the cut part/s never touch water.
The nose piece with the guy in it tilts away from the cut and the other part with the big engine on it tilts away from the cut also.
Then when he gives it throttle the cut part never touches water.
Now I am confused.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

I used to work for a Ranger dealer and recall the video. Tis true unless you weight it down. Anything wll sink with enough dead weight. Whaler's video showed the boat still operable, although at slow speed.

 

[ziggy]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

i don't know about ranger either....but here's an ad for my ol boat....it has much foam in it. like so much there aint any stringers from what i read....

http://cmresearch.net/db1/00022/cmresearch.net/_uimages/aristocraft001.jpg

no idea if it'll float when cut in half. and i aint up for try in it.....

 

[stan_deezy]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

no idea if it'll float when cut in half. and i aint up for try in it.....

Total lack of commitment


Go on, get the chainsaw buzzing and post up the pictures, you know you want to!

 

[aspeck]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

You can take almost any boat out there and show it not sinking in the same manner that BW advertises their boats. And as already stated, put enough weight in anything and it will go down!

Did you see the house in Texas that was "unsinkable" during the recent flooding? The owner but styrofoam blocks under it and disconnected it from the foundation (modular home), and then secured it to trees around it. It floated also.

Back on topic, I would rather not test my boat for sinking, but rather keep it in one piece, with the plug in, and no holes in the hull, and not cut it in half - seems more fun that way!

 

[RubberFrog]

Re: Unsinkable Ranger Boats

Aspeck is always a party pooper!