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**PrinceAlbert** · 10-02-2012, 17:23

Originally Posted by Nato Standard123

I've never seen one sink,

The staff said they'd never seen one sink either.

**Nato Standard123** · 10-02-2012, 18:01

Originally Posted by PrinceAlbert

The staff said they'd never seen one sink either.

Ha ha, Top man! Would have loved to have been there...wherever it was?

**cloudbuster** · 10-02-2012, 18:22

Originally Posted by k13eod

Why would you spend a grand for something that is only useful for driving at full pelt across a flat calm stretch of water so that it can be launched up a very gentle slope? There's a clue in the name "assault boat". What do you intend using it for? It's so heavy as to have very little practical purpose other than what it was designed for.

Unless you have a soft-top Landie and wish to put a roof on it..........................

**Bungdit Din** · 10-02-2012, 18:24

Originally Posted by Nato Standard123

I've never seen one sink,
Maybe we just didn't try hard enough?

Obviously not as hard as a bunch of muppets from the jock guards / black watch (can't remember which) did and succeeded during a battalion exercise in Canada in the early 90's. They'd crammed too much kit into it, with their SSM ignoring my sapper section banana's instructions to unload some of it. As we were hurtling across this lake at a rate of knots it was obvious that when we slowed down at the other side it was going to swamp...

As it did they all stood up, even when we told em to stay fecking down, and capsized it... Me and my oppo nearly got chopped up by the prop. We then spent the next few hours developing hypothermia locating all their kit and getting that skip out of the lake.

Served two of those cnuts right when they got a 10 stretch for not taking no for an answer from a local girl and got left to rot in a canadian jail.

**Nato Standard123** · 10-02-2012, 19:10

Originally Posted by Bungdit Din

Obviously not as hard as a bunch of muppets from the jock guards / black watch (can't remember which) did and succeeded during a battalion exercise in Canada in the early 90's. They'd crammed too much kit into it, with their SSM ignoring my sapper section banana's instructions to unload some of it. As we were hurtling across this lake at a rate of knots it was obvious that when we slowed down at the other side it was going to swamp...

As it did they all stood up, even when we told em to stay fecking down, and capsized it... Me and my oppo nearly got chopped up by the prop. We then spent the next few hours developing hypothermia locating all their kit and getting that skip out of the lake.

Served two of those cnuts right when they got a 10 stretch for not taking no for an answer from a local girl and got left to rot in a canadian jail.

Feck Me! How simple is it to follow safety instructions from the Boat Ops?

You have to really go out of your way to deliberately ignore those who are trying to stop you killing yourself...or be thick tw*ts.

**BONNACON** · 10-02-2012, 19:17

I quite fancy one but not for a grand.

**Troy** · 10-02-2012, 19:20

Originally Posted by Hardyboater

Hi all,
went to see a Mk 5 assault boat for sale,just wondering if anyone got any idea how much i should pay for it,they want £1000 for it,is that to much or a bargain ?
Any tthoughts would be great,thanks.

Yeah, fit wheels to it and convert it to a trailer for camping...