Rescue Boat

[dogg]

Hi, just wondering what most guys are using as a rescue boat and whether I could please view some pics of the setups?
Keen to make a decision before I get rowing!

[SirBudman32]

works good, saved me and friends butt a lot.

[marko500]

http://vac-u-boat.com/ I use the Vac-u-tow. Tough, cheap, easy to transport, plenty of power to pull any of our boats in. I use a floating grappling hook towed behind the tug. Go out, circle the stranded boat and tow it in.
Now I have never had to tow in a boat that has flooded and only has a small tip of the bow still above water. For those emergencies one of the guys has an inflatable boat in his car trunk.
But on most days the tug is all we use and gets the job done.

[lenny]

Hi,
Hears a links to some ideas.
Also do some searches.

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...v-and-recovery

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ve-Rescue-Boat

http://www.jrcbd.com/showthread.php?t=60651

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...ad.php?t=12473

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcU5gscReK0

[dogg]

Thanks a bunch guys, lenny thanks for several links to some interesting stuff!
Guess I'll be buying a crapper off ebay to strap some pvc to LOL!

[kevinpratt823]

The best use I found for my Siletto now that I have several other boats. No straps, the boat slips right in, but I have also rescued the Stiletto by taping my Cyberstorm into the frame, but the Stileto with the steerable outboard turns much better at low speed.

[viper1]

Bodyboard??

[dogg]

Bodyboard??

The best use I found for my Siletto now that I have several other boats. No straps, the boat slips right in, but I have also rescued the Stiletto by taping my Cyberstorm into the frame, but the Stileto with the steerable outboard turns much better at low speed.

I like this - nice frame it sits in too - touch expensive for a recovery boat though!?

[dogg]

Bodyboard??

Pretty cheap idea! Gotta get some hardware for it... Any pics of the bottom for ideas on the hardware required for it to do it's thing?

[785boats]

Here's a build thread I did a couple of years ago. Some info in there might help a bit.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=845000

[BHChieftain]

I use a traxxas blast, and put an eyehook in the back and tow a tennis ball (I actually tow the duck gaff from the proboat duck, but a tennis ball works too). The Blast has a steerable drive, so you can make sharp turns at low speeds to wrap the line around the boat. The tennis ball usually wedges into the rudder area of the stranded boat and you tow 'em in.

Note, since I took this picture, I moved the eyehook to be in the center of the transom-- don't put it off to the side like I did (I did it this way as I used to tow a fishing line from my pole out with the boat, and reeled the boats back in-- the tow method is easier but the hook has to be in the center of the transom for that)

Chief

[viper1]

Pretty cheap idea! Gotta get some hardware for it... Any pics of the bottom for ideas on the hardware required for it to do it's thing?

No pics of the bottom, but very straight forward, as simple as possible. Single drive, shaft in brass tube, Huge rudder for maneuverability , made most hardware myself. I've seen comparable designs with twin, or propeller drives, but I personally rather spend that time on my 'real' boat(s).
This turns around it's own axle so it works. and cheap.
Only thing I could improve is the esc, I don't have reverse as I had this one laying around already. (It's an old car esc)

Tip: don't forget to make a 'ramp' on the bottom of the U-shape cutout, otherwise its like pushing a brick wall through the water...